Despite taking 8 wickets and having 21 runs in hand, Team India weren't able to take two more wickets as the West Indies won the second T20I to take a 2-0 lead.
Team India are still alive in the match, with Mukesh Kumar getting the big wicket of Nicholas Pooran while Yuzvendra Chahal got two wickets in quick succession as West Indies have undergone a mini-collapse.
Hardik Pandya continued to keep his side in the hunt as he broke the dangerous-looking partnership between Pooran and West Indies skipper Rovman Powell by dismissing the latter.
Nicholas Pooran played a counter-attacking knock for West Indies despite some outstanding bowling at the start by India. Pooran didn't care about the scorecard but focussed on the job at hand with some brutal hitting as he completed his half-century off just 29 balls.
Skipper Hardik Pandya took the responsibility to bowl the first over with the ball for India and did the job with two wickets. Pandya dismissed Brandon King and Johnson Charles to leave West Indies 2/2.
Team India got to a score of 152 after Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi struck a few blows late in the innings. Team India's batting failure in the top order threatened that they might finish around 130-140 but a couple of cameos have helped India cross the 150-mark. Can they defend it?
Skipper Hardik Pandya after getting his eyes in, smashed a gigantic six with stand and deliver stuff, however, got out on the very next delivery by pacer Alzarri Joseph.
Tilak Varma, who smashed a 40-ball half-century, departed soon after as misread Akeal Hosein's delivery and gave a simple catch to the fielder behind square on the leg side.
Tilak Varma, who has looked the best Indian batter on show completed his maiden T20I fifty in just his second game. Tilak, who smashed a 22-ball 39 in the series opener, showed that he can play in both gears as he first did the rescue job before opening up.
Captain Hardik Pandya decided to drop down with wickets falling at regular intervals and Sanju Samson came at No. 5. Samson did score a fantastic boundary but couldn't go on for long as he was deceived by Akeal Hosein's brilliant delivery.
Ishan Kishan became a victim of a slow start yet again as he scored just 27 off 23 balls and couldn't get going. Ishan did play a few good shots but couldn't continue for long and eventually fell after a middling score.
Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma steadied the ship for the Indian team for a little while after the visitors lost a couple of early wickets.
Kyle Mayers dismisses the world no.1 T20I batter with a sensational direct hit at the non-striker's end. India loss two wickets on the last five balls.
Shubman Gill smashes Alzarri Joseph out of the park but the latter has a last laugh on the very next delivery. India at 17/1 after three overs.
Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy
Ishan Kishan(w), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi
Indian captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bat first saying that the surface looked good. Hardik said that they didn't do much wrong in the first game but hope to be better than Thursday in order to level the series.
The biggest factor in India's loss in the first T20I was the lack of batting depth. Playing with four no. 11s cost India and they might make a couple of changes in the playing XI.
Team India will be aiming to bounce back in the second T20I against West Indies after suffering a 4-run loss in the series opener. The batters failed to chase down 150 runs on a slow wicket and they will hope to be better prepared if Guyana's surface throws a similar pitch like that.
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