India vs West Indies Highlights, Second ODI: Rohit Sharma-led India sealed the ODI series with a 2-0 unassailable lead over West Indies by 44 points in the second match. In the chase for 238, West Indies got off to a good start, with Brandon King and Shai Hope reaching 31 after seven overs. Then, Prasidh Krishna stunned their innings with back-to-back wins over Brandon King (18) and Darren Bravo. Hoping to keep scoring, but his 27 points were ended by Yuzvendra Chahal. Krishna came back for a second spell and fired Pooran on the 9th, leaving WI 4 behind. The visitors found themselves in deeper trouble as Shardul Thakur sacked Jason Holder with 2 runs after just 2 overs. Brooks continued to play the main role from one end and into the ’40s to keep his team afloat. However, he was sent to pack on the 43rd when Deepak Hooda pocketed his maiden ODI wicket to hinder the opposition’s progress. Akeal Hosein (34) and Fabian Allen (13) added 42 runs for the seventh wicket before Mohammed Siraj removed the latter. Not long after, Thakur let Hosein leave WI 8. Just when it looked like it was going to pass, all-rounder Odean Smith kept the WI alive with some energetic strikes. But the excitement didn’t last long as Washington Sanda on the 24th let him trap Roach’s shot in front of the 0 to wrap his 4th wicket and knock the Windies out for 193. Earlier, India set the West Indies goal to end 50-239. The first inning started with Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma batting. The opening didn’t last long as Kemar Roach sacked Rohit in the 5th minute. Virat Kohli (18) and Rishabh Pant (18) then went for 30 innings in the second before Odean Smith removed both batters. . KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav scored 50 from 83 balls. They added 91 in total before causing Rahul to miss his crease on 49 balls. SKY then improved his 50 from 70 balls and made 43 runs on the fifth wicket before gifting his wicket to Fabian Allen with a botched sweep through the game. Akeal Hosein then removed Sundar in the 24th before Alzarri Joseph opted for two quick wickets to leave India 8 behind. Deepak Huda, the last remaining hope, had 29 points before Jason Holder got his wicket. In the end, the hosts posted a score of 237/9 over 50 games.
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