With this have shut, India has gained an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The last ODI will likely be conducted at the identical venue on Friday.
Prasidh Krishna celebrates after taking a wicket (Source: Twitter)
Prasidh Krishna’s four-wicket haul helped India protect 237 and defeat West Indies by 44 runs in the second ODI of the three-match series here at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
With this have shut, India has gained an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The last ODI will likely be conducted at the identical venue on Friday.
Chasing 237, West Indies openers Shai Hope and Brandon King put on 32 runs for the first wicket, but Prasidh Krishna led India’s fightback as he dismissed King (18) and Darren Bravo (1) in rapid succession. Shai Hope (27) also departed soon after as he was sent abet to the pavilion by Yuzvendra Chahal and West Indies was diminished to 52/3 in the 17th over.
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Stand-in skipper Nicholas Pooran had excessive hopes of the Windies’ aspect but even he failed as he scored appropriate nine sooner than being dismissed by Prasidh. Jason Holder (2) went cheaply on the bowling of Shardul Thakur, and the guests had been left struggling at 76/5 in the 22nd over, restful, 162 runs a long way from the aim.
Shamarh Brooks and Akeal Hosein put on 41 runs for the sixth wicket, but as soon as Windies innings started coming abet on purpose, Deepak Hooda picked up his maiden ODI wicket as he dismissed Brooks (44) and the guests had been diminished to 117/6. Akeal Hosein (34), Odean Smith (24) and Fabien Allen (13) also chipped in, but in the tip, it did no longer level to ample as India registered a 44-urge have shut.
Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav and KL Rahul could maintain conducted knocks of 64 and 49 but the hosts kept on losing wickets at fashioned intervals, and in the tip, West Indies restricted India to 237/9 in the dispensed fifty overs.
Virat Kohli (18), Rishabh Pant (18), Washington Sundar (24), and Deepak Hooda (29) all acquired in, but none of them managed to reside at the crease for a prolonged haul, and this resulted in the Men in Blue posting a ranking no longer as much as the 250-urge stamp.
For the West Indies, Alzarri Joseph and Odean Smith scalped two wickets each.
Transient Rankings: India 237/9 (Suryakumar Yadav 64, KL Rahul 49; Alzarri Joseph 2-36); West Indies 193 all out (Shamarh Brooks 44, Akeal Hosein 34; Prasidh Krishna 4-12).
