Cricket followers couldn’t have requested for extra, as two intense nail-biters happened between West Indies and India on the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain. India have now secured the 2-0 collection after a hard-fought win within the second ODI and it was a sport of who held the nerves higher in each matches. West Indies can be kicking themselves as they’d the possibility of successful each matches.
After opting to bat first within the second ODI, West Indies openers Shai Hope and Kyle Mayers (39) seemed in good ryhtym and added 65 runs for the primary wicket earlier than the tenth over mark. Shamarh Brooks did get a begin with a 36-ball 35 however couldn’t make it an enormous rating whereas Brandon King was eliminated for a duck. Nicholas Pooran (74) and Hope steadied the ship with a 117-run partnership for the fourth wicket and set a wonderful platform for the hosts. Hope reached a incredible century as West Indies posted 311 of their 50 overs.
India in reply misplaced Shikhar Dhawan for 13, whereas Shubman Gill adopted him after a helpful 43-run knock. Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed cheaply but once more for 9 whereas Shreyas Iyer (63) and Sanju Samson (54) strung collectively a shocking partnership of 99 for the fourth wicket in fast time. Nonetheless, as soon as the duo had been dismissed within the thirty ninth over, the equation bought harder and harder. Deepak Hooda perished after a 33-run knock, whereas India discovered a brand new hero in Axar Patel who was putting it brilliantly. The left-hander’s 35 ball-64 took India over the road with simply two wickets in hand and two balls to spare.
Shedding skipper, Nicholas Pooran stated:
Positively, final couple of overs we didn’t maintain our nerves. Final 6 overs, we misplaced the sport. We felt a spinner was simpler to hit. We simply wanted one wicket to seal the sport however Axar performed very well. His (Hope’s) a hundredth ODI, he was distinctive to get 100. We did an distinctive job with the batting group. We tried to compete actually exhausting. We wish to win actually unhealthy.
Successful skipper, Shikhar Dhawan stated:
It was an important group efficiency. Boys didn’t lose the self perception, that’s superb. Iyer, Sanju, Axar everybody was superb, Even Avesh got here out in his debut sport and scored these 11 necessary runs. Because of IPL, they carry out on an enormous stage. I felt that we bowled properly. They bought off to a very good begin. Hope and Pooran batted properly. We thought if they may do it, we knew that we may do it. We began slightly sluggish. Shubman batted properly. The Iyer-Samson partnership made an enormous distinction. There was a run-out. However these items occur. Boys are studying. Because of the assist employees as properly. They’ve been doing an incredible job. It was an important feeling once I scored a 100 in my a hundredth ODI sport. I might wish to congratulate Hope for doing the identical.
POTM, Axar Patel stated:
I believe this can be a particular one. It got here at an important time and likewise helped the group to win the collection. We’ve carried out the identical within the IPL. We simply wanted to stay calm and maintain the depth up. I used to be enjoying an ODI after shut to five years. I might wish to proceed performing like this for my group.
