2nd T20i : Nicholas Pooran's 40 balls 67 runs powered West Indies to win by 2 wickets and led 5-match series 2-0

2nd twenty20 international match of five t20i match series has been played between West Indies vs India at Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana on Sunday, August 06, 2023.

Opting to bat first, India with Tilak Varma's 41 balls 51 runs, Ishan Kishan's 27 runa and Hardik's 24 runs set 153 runs target for West Indies to get. Obed McCoy, Alzarri Joseph and Romario Shepherd took 2 wickets each for WI as well.

Following 153 runs target, Wes Indies lost top 2 wickets just in 2 runs. Nicholas Pooran took the charge in hand and smashed 67 runs of just 40 runs with 4 massive sixes and 6 fours. Shimron Hetmyer also played sensible inning of 22 runs, West Indies made chase easily in 18.5 overs and won the match by 2 wickets. N Pooran declared man of the match. West Indies led 5-match series 2-0 as well.

Man of the match :- Nichilas Pooran (WI)

West Indies vs India 2nd t20i scorecard Toss : India won and bat first Result : West Indies won by 2 wkts Man of The Match : Nicholas Pooran (WI) Series - West Indies led 5-match series 2-0   India 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Ishan Kishan (w) b Shepherd 27 23 2 2 117.39   Shubman Gill c Hetmyer b Joseph 7 9 0 1 77.77   Suryakumar Yadav run out (Mayers) 1 3 0 0 33.33   Tilak Varma c McCoy b Hosein 51 41 5 1 124.39   Sanju Samson st Pooran b Hosein 7 7 1 0 100.00   Hardik Pandya (c) b Joseph 24 18 0 2 133.33   Axar Patel c Pooran b Shepherd 14 12 1 0 116.66   Ravi Bishnoi not out 8 4 0 1 200.00   Arshdeep Singh not out 6 3 1 0 200.00   Yuzvendra Chahal               Mukesh Kumar                               Extras (lb 1, w 6) 7           Total (20.0 overs) 152/7 RR: 7.60   West Indies       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Obed McCoy 4 0 25 0 0 2 6.25   Akeal Hosein 4 0 29 2 0 0 7.25   Alzarri Joseph 4 0 28 2 1 0 7.00   Jason Holder 4 0 29 0 0 2 7.25   Romario Shepherd 3 0 28 2 0 0 9.33   Kyle Mayers 1 0 12 0 0 1 12.00   West Indies 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Brandon King c Yadav b Pandya 0 1 0 0 0.00   Kyle Mayers lbw b Arshdeep Singh 15 7 2 1 214.28   Johnson Charles c Tilak Varma b Pandya 2 3 0 0 66.66   Nicholas Pooran (w) c Samson b Mukesh Kumar 67 40 6 4 167.50   Rovman Powell (c) c Mukesh Kumar b Pandya 21 19 1 1 110.52   Shimron Hetmyer lbw b Chahal 22 22 1 1 100.00   Romario Shepherd run out (Patel/Ishan) 0 0 0 0 -   Jason Holder st Ishan Kishan b Chahal 0 3 0 0 0.00   Akeal Hosein not out 16 10 2 0 160.00   Alzarri Joseph not out 10 8 0 1 125.00   Obed McCoy                               Extras (lb 1, w 1) 2           Total (18.5 overs) 155/8 RR: 8.23   India       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Hardik Pandya 4 0 35 3 0 0 8.75   Arshdeep Singh 4 0 34 1 0 0 8.50   Mukesh Kumar 3.5 0 35 1 0 0 9.13   Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 31 0 0 0 7.75   Yuzvendra Chahal 3 0 19 2 0 1 6.33