Boosted by the return of white ball specialists Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, India will aim to bounce back. Following a heart-stopping draw that denied them a 2-0 lead, they face a resurgent West Indies in the 3rd ODI.
His comments came in the wake of heavy criticism faced by the selectors for lack of communication with players before dropping them.
The BCCI have announced the squad for the remaining three ODIs against Windies and 'death-over' specialists Bumrah and Bhuvnehswar make their return into the 15-man squad.
The October 29 day-night match was originally allotted to Wankhede Stadium managed by the Mumbai Cricket Association but was later shifted to Brabourne Stadium.
Kohli notched up his 37th ODI hundred as he fired 157 off 129 balls to help India post a competitive 321/6 against West Indies in the second ODI of the five-match series in Vizag.
Virat Kohli smashed 157* runs against West Indies in the second ODI and became the fastest man to reach the milestone of 10,000 runs in ODIs breaking the record of his idol Sachin Tendulkar.
India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat in the second One-Day International (ODI) against at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday.
India are favoured to extend their dominance while West Indies face insurmountable odds to draw parity, in the 2nd ODI at Vizag.
Following India's comprehensive eight-wicket win in the first ODI at Guwahati, former captain Sourav Ganguly has said it won't be much difficult for the men-in-blue to double their lead in the second ODI at Vizag on Wednesday. According to Ganguly, India skipper Virat Kohli, who is currently on a record-breaking spree, is undoubtedly the greatest cricketer of this generation.
Holder felt the 320-odd runs his team scored at Guwahati was below par, and given the way Kohli and Rohit made mince-meat of the bowlers on a featherbed, he is not way off the mark.
In Guwahati, India unleashed their batting might as Kohli and opener Rohit Sharma, arguably the two best batsmen in the 50-over game at the moment, smashed big hundreds in quick time.
The 29-year-old batsman made his 14th ODI hundred, scoring 140 runs off 107 balls in his 50th innings as India skipper.
Prithvi also became India's second youngest century-scorer after Tendulkar, who in 1990 was 17 years and 107 days when he scored 119 not out against in England in Manchester.
Virat Kohli's knock on Sunday - the 36th ODI hundred and the 60th international ton - took him closer to the 10,000-run mark in ODI cricket.
The ‘Hitman’ scored his sixth 150+ score, which is the highest by any player in the ODI cricket.
Shimron Hetmyer's 106 was the high point of their innings and the skipper said he could have gone a bit deeper.
Kohli (140) and Rohit (152 not out) shared a massive 246-run partnership for the second wicket as India mowed down a challenging 323-run target with 7.5 overs to spare.
Making mockery of what looked like a stiff 323-run target, the home team cantered to the win with 7.5 overs to spare, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
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India will hope to get more answers for their unresolved middle-order puzzle when they take on West Indies.
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