India vs West Indies, 2nd T20I Highlights: Obed McCoy takes six as West Indies beat India by five wickets, level series | Cricket News – Times of India

As It Happened
The goal was by no means going to be an issue for the West Indies batters as opener Brandon King smashed 68 off 52 balls, however the hosts stuttered through the again-finish earlier than Devon Thomas’ unbeaten 31 off 19 balls sealed it in his staff’s favour, hitting a six and a 4 off Avesh Khan.

It was Arshdeep singh, who bowled a deadly yorker to fortress the harmful Rovman Powell and set it up properly for Avesh to defend 10 runs, however a no-ball off the primary supply derailed India’s bid to drag off a heist.

Put into bat in a match that was pushed again by three hours on account of late arrival of staff kits, the Indians misplaced the momentum from the onset as skipper Rohit Sharma (0) was dismissed off the primary supply of the match.
Throughout the innings, the Indians had been unable to gauge the tempo and bounce of the Warner Park monitor, as McCoy combined his variations properly throughout a profession-greatest spell.
It was the additional bounce from McCoy that reared up awkwardly taking off the shoulder off his bat and the quick third-man was in motion to gobble up the dolly.

Suryakumar Yadav (11) hit an audacious six over cowl however Mccoy bowled one full, and the loosely tried expansive drive, with none palpable footwork, was solely going to show into an edge and wind up within the wicketkeeper’s gloves.
Rishabh Pant (24 off 12 balls) was breathtaking throughout his keep and a flick behind deep sq. leg for an enormous six off McCoy left everybody in awe.
There was one other six off Odean Smith behind tremendous leg, however left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein accounted for him with a supply by which he altered the size, and the slight flip did him in. The mistimed pull landed into the deep mid-wicket fielder’s arms.
The solely time India appeared to have a partnership going was when Hardik Pandya (31 off 31 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja (27 off 30 balls) tried to resurrect the innings with a 43-run stand for the fifth wicket.
Once Hardik’s highly effective slap off a gradual Jason Holder bouncer was taken in second try by Smith, McCoy got here again for his second spell to shine off the decrease center-order in a jiffy.
Jadeja and Dinesh Karthik (7) had been foxed by slower deliveries whereas Ravichandran Ashwin failed to make use of the tempo and bounce to be caught within the deep.
The final 4 Indian wickets fell for simply 11 runs, with Holder taking 2 for 23.