Kolkata: Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel produced amazing bowling in slog overs as India survived some anxious moments earlier than strolling out with an eight-bustle won over West Indies within the 2d T20I that handed them an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match series right here on Friday.
Chasing a stiff 187, wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran (62 off 41 balls) and Rovman Powell (68 no longer out from 36 balls) hit belligerent fifties to purchase care of them within the hunt as they wished good 29 runs from the closing two overs.
But loss of life bowling specialist, Bhuvneshwar Kumar revived India’s hopes by casting off the harmful-looking Pooran with a slower off-cutter.
Below stress after he dropped Rovman Powell off his hang bowling, Bhuvneshwar was as soon as good and conceded good four runs within the over.
That’s that from 2nd T20I. A nail biting make as #TeamIndia desire by 8 runs to purchase an unassailable 2-0 lead within the series.@Paytm #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/blSuQYQvlv
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2022
Wanting to defend 25 within the last over, Patel was as soon as hit for 2 consecutive sixes but he held his nerves to seal the venture for India.
This was as soon as India’s 100th desire in T20Is as they sealed the series with one match to head on Sunday.
Earlier persevering with his spectacular bustle in his debut series, Ravi Bishnoi brushed off Brandon King (22) in his third birth to atomize the 2d-wicket stand.
But Pooran and Powell regarded with none effort against the Indian attack.
Wicketkeeper-batter Pooran persevered his spectacular form to atomize a 2d successive half of-century, whereas Powell gave a comely give a purchase to on the different cease with a 28-ball 50 because the Windies recovered from being 59/3 within 9 overs.
Dropped on 21 by Bishnoi within the 10th over, Pooran introduced up his fifty in 34 balls — his 2d in as many video games — with a slog over off Deepak Chahar’s closing over.
Powell then done a 28-ball fifty as India regarded below proper stress earlier than Bhuvneshwar turned it around.
Earlier, Virat Kohli was as soon as motivate among runs with a fifty whereas Rishabh Pant smashed a short-fire unbeaten 52 to purchase India to a worrying 186/5.
Kohli hit his 30th fifty within the shortest format, his first for the reason that 57 versus Pakistan within the T20 World Cup on October 24 closing three hundred and sixty five days.
The venerable captain’s sheer class was as soon as on plump show as he gash, pulled and likewise took the aerial route en path to his 41-ball 52 that had seven fours and one six.
Success also favoured Kohli on the day because the venerable skipper introduced up his 30th T20I fifty with a slog over lengthy-on after Jason Holder didn’t get reduction of the seize because the ball went over the boundary.
But Kohli didn’t get it wide and was as soon as cleaned up by Hunch two balls later after the Windies off-spinner breached his gate for his third wicket.
Hunch was as soon as spectacular within the center overs to diagram motivate with 3/25 and which incorporated the wickets of Rohit Sharma (19) and Suryakumar Yadav (8).
Thereafter it was as soon as Pant and Venkatesh Iyer (33 from 18 balls) save on offer as they took price on the likes of Kieron Pollard and Romario Shepherd of their 76-bustle partnership from 35 balls.
Pant (52 off 28 balls) introduced up his third fifty in T20Is with a double within the penultimate birth of the innings, taking good 27 balls to get to the milestone.
Earlier India got off to a behind birth with Sheldon Cottrell bowling four dots on the plug earlier than dismissing Ishan Kishan within the 2d over of the day.
Kishan, who was as soon as the most costly purchase of the IPL 2022 mega public sale, regarded dead and below stress to continue his wretched form and departed for 2 after his 10-ball protect.
But thereafter it was as soon as Kohli save on the fairly-crowded Eden because the venerable India skipper ecstatic his followers alongside with his natty timing and strokeplay.
Getting off the save with a boundary with a whip to the sq. leg boundary, Kohli chanced on his timing early on and got a 2d boundary within the the same over of Akeal Hossain.
Kohli was as soon as the aggressor and skipper Rohit was as soon as entirely pleased to play the 2d fiddle because the duo took India’s rating to almost 50 within the well-known six overs.
There was as soon as a clear shift in India’s batting within the powerplay because the duo weren’t anxious to purchase the aerial route.
Rohit departed for 19 in 18 balls after a comely partnership with Kohli that yielded 49 runs from 36 balls earlier than Hunch gave the breakthrough in his first over casting off the Indian skipper after inducing a thick innovative to be caught on the purpose.
In his subsequent over, Hunch accounted for Suryakumar but Kohli ensured that there was as soon as no extra injury.
