Bruised India lock horns with confident West Indies as Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bat first in the second T20I at Guyana National Stadium on Sunday (August 6).
Ravi Bishnoi replaced the in-form spinner Kuldeep Yadav in India's playing XI as the latter hurt his left thumb in the nets. Meanwhile, West Indies played the same XI that they fielded in the first T20I which they won by four runs.
After the toss India skipper Hardik Pandya said,“We will bat first, surface looks good. We will put good score on the board. I don't think we did much wrong in the last game, we spoke about it and the focus is to learn and keep going ahead. When we have these totals (chasing 9 or 10 an over), you gotta keep wickets in hand and that's what happened in the last game where we lost a couple of wickets during crunch moments. We have a forced change. Kuldeep got a hit on the hand yesterday in the nets, it is not serious and just a precautionary measure. Ravi Bishnoi comes in place of him.”
Meanwhile West Indies captain Rovman Powell said,"Looks a pretty good surface and hopefully gets better as the day goes along. We didn't lose wickets in clusters in the last game which was good to see. We have grown as players and it is about continuing to do the right things and keep improving as a batting unit. We are going with the same team".
Head to Head Records
Matches Played -26
India Won – 17
West Indies Won -8
Most Runs for India: Rohit Sharma-693
Most Wickets for India: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 13
Most Runs for West Indies: Nicholas Pooran- 457
Most Wickets for West Indies: Obed McCoy-11
Pitch Report
Recent history suggests that spinners will enjoy the conditions more as compared to the pacers and that could perhaps prompt a few changes from both sides.
India's Playing XI: Ishan Kishan(w), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi.
West Indies' Playing XI: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy.
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