IND vs WI 2nd T20I Commentary - Kolkata (18 February 2022)

Harshal Patel begins the last over with a yorker-length delivery, around middle and leg. Rovman Powell gets an inside edge towards the left of the keeper. A single taken!

Another beautiful delivery! Slower one now, full in length, wide of off. Kieron Pollard pushes it towards long off for a single. 

SIX! BANG! Very full delivery, around middle. Rovman Powell smashes it over long on for a biggie! 17 runs needed off the last 3 balls. Can Rovman Powell hit 3 sixes in a row?

SIX! Back-to-back sixes! And Harshal Patel is under immense pressure now! Another overpitched delivery, on middle. Rovman Powell has absolutely hammered that over deep mid-wicket for a big, big six! 11 off 2 balls now!

Harshal Patel does well under pressure! A slower one, outside off, very full. Rovman Powell pushes it towards long on for a single. Virat Kohli is celebrating and Rohit Sharma looks like a happy man now!

Slower ball, full again and on middle. Kieron Pollard just taps it towards mid-wicket for a single. India win by 8 runs! 

Fuller ball, outside off. Rovman Powell drills it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. That brings up the 100 partnership between these two!

Slower ball, fuller and outside off. Nicholas Pooran looks to drive this but misses. 

OUT! CAUGHT! Ravi Bishnoi holds on to the catch this time! A good wicket for India at a crucial time. A fuller ball, outside off. Nicholas Pooran looks to go over cover, but the ball goes off the bottom of the bat high towards cover. Ravi Bishnoi there keeps his eyes on the ball and takes a sharp catch running backward. A good knock comes to an end! 

Fuller ball, on middle and off. Rovman Powell drills it to long off and rotates the strike. 

A shorter ball, around middle. Kieron Pollard pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. 

A yorker, on middle. Rovman Powell digs it out towards long on for a single. An excellent over from the experienced, Bhuvneshwar Kumar! Just 4 runs off the over. 25 runs needed off the last 6!

Fuller ball, around middle. Nicholas Pooran drills it to long on and rotates the strike!

FIFTY for Rovman Powell! A lethal innings so far! But his job is not done yet. A full toss, around middle. Rovman Powell drags it with the inner half of his bat towards deep mid-wicket for a single. Rovman Powell is not happy with that, he feels he missed out on the full toss ball. 

Fuller ball, wide of off. Nicholas Pooran looks to drive this but misses. 

Slower ball, short and outside off. Nicholas Pooran waits for it and cuts it towards deep point for a single. 

An off-pace delivery, full in length, outside off. Rovman Powell pushes it towards deep mid-wicket. Ishan Kishan does well to collect the ball quickly and keep it to just a single. 

FOUR! This has boundary has ruined a good over for India! A short-pitched delivery, on middle. Nicholas Pooran has pulled this towards deep square leg for a boundary. 29 runs more need off 12 balls!

Yorker-length delivery, around middle. Rovman Powell knocks it down to long off for a single. 

Full again, wide of off. Nicholas Pooran looks to drive but gets an inside edge towards fine leg for a single. 

SIX! WOW! This is a magnificent shot! Deepak Chahar drops it short again, around middle. Rovman Powell picks the length and muscles it way over deep mid-wicket for biggie. 

A yorker now, on middle. Rovman Powell digs it out towards long off. Single taken!

SIX! Wonderful shot! Another match and another fifty for Nicholas Pooran! He brings up his consecutive fifty in some style! A fuller ball, on the leg stump. Nicholas Pooran shuffles across and whips it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie!

Fuller again, outside off. Nicholas Pooran drives it towards extra cover for a single. 16 runs off the over. West Indies need 37 runs off the last 3 overs now. 

Good-length delivery, wide of off. Rovman Powell throws his bat at it but fails to get any connection on that. 

Fraction shorter, outside off. Rovman Powell drags it from the inner half of his bat towards long on. Single taken!

On a length outside off. Nicholas Pooran cuts it towards deep cover for a single. 

FOUR! CRUNCHED! Rovman Powell is hitting every shot with sheer power! Another length ball, outside off. Rovman Powell hammers it down the ground towards long off for a cracking boundary. 

Wide! Slower one, wide of off, full in length. Rovman Powell leaves it alone and wide is called!

DROPPED! Oh, dear! This is the last thing India needed! A shorter ball, outside off. Rovman Powell looks to pull but gets a top edge high towards the left of the bowler. Bhuvneshwar Kumar runs to the ball, and stands under it, but fails to grab the ball. Rohit Sharma across kicks the ball away in aggression. He just cannot believe it. Two taken. 

Very full now, around middle. Rovman Powell drills it to long off for a single. 

A short ball, on middle. Powell on the back foot, looks to pull but is a touch late, it went high in the air and wide of long on where Kohli runs to his right and the ball falls just short of him. One. 

Fuller and outside off, driven to long off for a single.

FOUR! Good shot! A flatter ball, on middle. Powell smashes it towards long on and it went into the fence like a bullet. 

Short and on middle. Powell mistimes his pull over mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! West Indies changing the gears now! Flatter, outside off, a googly as well. Pooran smacks it to deep cover for a boundary. 

Another googly, this time Pooran prods to defend but misses. 63 needed in 30 balls.

A full ball, outside off, was the slower delivery. Powell swings across and misses.

Length and on middle. Powell turns it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Wide! A full toss but down the leg side. Pooran misses his flick.

Leg bye! Length and on the pads. Pooran goes down to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. A leg bye as it rolls to short fine leg.

NOT OUT! FOUR! A low dipping full toss, on middle. Powell looks to pull but misses and gets hit high on the pads. The ball races away to the third man fence. The ball was dipping so Patel wants to take it upstairs. UltraEdge shows it went off the back of the bat. Went off the bat so given as runs. 

On middle, pushed to long on for a single. 

A length ball, outside off. Pooran pulls it to mid-wicket. It wasn't timed well and hence they get two runs. 

Short and slanting on the pads, flicked to mid-wicket.

Two wides! Full and way outside off. Powell leaves it. Pant fumbles to catch it and a single is taken. 

Floated full and on off, drilled down to long off for a single. A direct hit at the bowler's end and Pooran thought of a single but eventually bailed out. 

SIX! 100 up for West Indies! Tossed up, full and on off. Powell gets underneath and powers it over long off for a biggie. 

Short and outside off, cut away to deep point for one run.

Fuller, googly, and outside off. Pooran guides it to point for a single.

Full and on off. Rovman heaves it to long on for a single to end the over.

FOUR! Cracked away! A length ball, on middle. Pooran pulls it hard and in the gap to square leg for a boundary. 

Fuller, slanting across, outside off. Pooran looks to drive but misses.

A huge appeal for LBW, the umpire is unmoved, might be pitching outside leg. A full ball, angling on the pads. Pooran misses his flick. Yes, pitching outside leg. 

Full and on the pads. Pooran whips it to deep square leg where the fielder makes a good stop. One run.

SIX! Sheer power! Short of a length, on middle. Powell pulls it with some serious power, flat and to the deep mid-wicket fence. It hits straight on the cushion. Replay rolls in and the third umpire confirms the same.

A full toss, outside off, dragged to long on for a single. 12 coming off it. 

A short ball, it skids through, on off. Pooran looks to pull but gets an inside edge onto the pads. 

A googly, outside off. Pooran misses his cut. 

Wide! A short ball, way outside off, going with the angle. Pooran slashes and misses. 

Flatter and outside off. Pooran slaps it through covers for a couple of runs.

Googly again, punched to deep cover for a single.

Short, quicker and on middle. Powell pushes it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Fuller, googly and on off. Pooran leans and drives it to sweeper cover for a single.

DROPPED! Oh, dear! Ravi Bishnoi has dropped Nicholas Pooran! Could prove to be costly. A shorter ball, on middle. Nicholas Pooran rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket. Ravi Bishnoi runs to his left a bit and dives there to take the catch but fails to pouch it. One run taken! 

Flatter ball, around middle. Rovman Powell knocks it to long on for a single. 

SIX! HAMMERED! What a shot! A loppy ball, full and on middle. Nicholas Pooran gets down on his knee and sweeps it high over deep square leg for a biggie! 

Quicker this time, around middle and leg. Nicholas Pooran tucks it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. 

FOUR! WOW! He has crunched that! Tossed it up, outside off, and full in length. Rovman Powell gets down on his knee and slaps this towards deep mid-wicket for a powerful boundary. 

Fuller ball, slower through the air, around off. Rovman Powell leans and defends it out. 

Ravi Bishnoi begins with a flatter ball, firing it on middle. Brandon King looks to flick and misses. 

Quicker one again, outside off this time. Brandon King looks to heave it over the leg side but misses. 

OUT! CAUGHT Ravi Bishnoi strikes in his first over and he continues his good form from the previous game! West Indies lose their second wicket. Much slower this time, full and on middle. Brandon King steps down the pitch and looks to heave this over long on, but he does so with the inner half of his bat, no timing on that as well. The ball flies high towards long on. Suryakumar Yadav there runs forward and takes it. 

Loopy ball, full and outside off. Nicholas Pooran knocks it down to long off for a single. 

Quicker, outside off. Rovman Powell defends it out. 

Fuller again, on middle. Rovman Powell pushes it to the fielder at mid-wicket. A successful lover for Ravi Bishnoi!

Shotter ball, around middle and leg. Nicholas Pooran hangs back and pushes it towards mid-wicket for a single. 

Tad quicker, fuller and a leg break now. Brandon King steps down and drives it to the fielder at cover. 

Flatter ball, quicker again, on the stumps. Brandon King works it away towards deep square leg for a single.

Slower through the air, full and on middle. Nicholas Pooran blocks it out. 

A leg spinner, around middle. Nicholas Pooran clips it towards square leg for a single. 

Wide! Loopy ball, full, spinning it away from outside off. Brandon King leaves it alone and a wide is given!

A wrong'un now, on middle. Brandon King knocks it to long on for a single. 

SIX! BOOM! Nicholas Pooran takes him straigtaway! A shorter ball, on middle. Nicholas Pooran picks up the length ad pulls it over deep square leg for a biggie!

FOUR! Top shot! Another shorter one, outside off this time. Nicholas Pooran stands tall and slices this past point for a cracking boundary. 

On a length, outside off. Nicholas Pooran taps it to cover and runs to the other end. Virat Kohli collects the ball and has shy at the bowler's end but misses. A direct hit could an issue there for Pooran!

fuller ball, on middle. Brandon King pushes it towards square leg for a single. 

Full again, on middle. Nicholas Pooran taps it to the fielder at  mid-wicket. 

Shorter ball, around middle. Nicholas Pooran pulls it towards square leg for a single. He retains the strike!

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Yuzvendra Chahal strikes and draws first blood. Kyle Mayers departs and West Indies lose their wicket. A quicker one this time, shorter and on middle and leg. Kyle Mayers stays in his crease and looks to tuck this on the leg side. But he is early on his shot and the ball goes off the outside edge high on the right of the bowler. Yuzvendra Chahal walks towards his right and takes one of the easiest catches ever! 

FOUR! A boundary straightaway! A loopy ball, full and on middle. Nicholas Pooran looks to heave this away and gets a top edge towards fine leg for a boundary. 

Shorter ball, around middle. Nicholas Pooran sweeps it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

A googly, full and on middle. Brandon King knocks it to long on for a single. 

Fuller and slower through the air, on middle. Nicholas Pooran works it away towards mid-wicket for a quick single. 

NOT OUT! A shorter ball, quicker one, outside off. Brandon King stays in his crease and looks to cut this away but misses. But there seems to be some sound there. A huge appeal for caught behind and the umpire raises his finger. Brandon King opts for a review! The replays roll in and UltraEdge confirms no bat involved. A successful review for West Indies and Brandon King survives! West Indies are 41/1 at the end of the Powerplay!

A fuller ball, knuckle ball, on off. King defends it with soft hands to point for a single. 

A yorker now, on off. Mayers hits it to covers for an easy single. 

FOUR! In the air and safe! A length ball, on middle. King lifts it high in the air. Venkatesh Iyer at mid on thinks he has a chance as he tracks back but the ball went over him and for a boundary. 

On middle, on a length. Blocked out.

A length ball, on off, pulled straight to mid-wicket.

Again goes for the pull but this time it is at 120 clicks and King misses his shot. 

Flatter and on off. King punches it back to Chahal who half-stops and deflects it to covers. A single taken. 

A googly, on the pads, this is flicked to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Shorter, outside off. Brandon slaps it to long off for a single. 

On the pads again, an easy single as this is hit to deep mid-wicket.

Wide! Short, slower and outside off, it stays low off the deck. King misses his cut. 

A quicker now! Shorter and on off. King looks to pull but gets a bottom edge on his boot.

Sees King coming down the track and Chahal serves it on the slower side. He hits it to long off for a run. 

On a length, on middle. Kyle taps it late and to the gully region for a single. 

BEATEN! On a length, outside off. King looks to defend on the back foot, but the late movement makes the ball whiz past the outside edge. 

Length ball, outside off. King punches off the back foot to sweeper cover for a brace.

Length ball, outside off, slower one. King gets deceived as he misses his pull shot.

A length ball, on off. King looks to work it on the leg side but gets an inside edge and it rolls to point for a single. 

FOUR! Crushed! A full ball, width on offer and Mayers drives it hard through covers for a boundary. 

Ohh! What a delivery! A length ball, it lands on off and swing away. King looks to go big, misses it completely. 

Short of a length, outside off. King looks to cut but misses. Swing again there. 

On a length, outside off. King taps it to point for a single. 

A length ball, angling outside off. Mayers hops and blocks it to covers. 

A full toss, angling on the pads, flicked uppishly and to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

FOUR! First boundary off the blade! A length ball, outside off. King smashes it hard, past the bowler and it races away to the fence. 

A length ball, outside off, shaping away. King shoulders arms to it.

Length ball, outside off. King punches it to deep point for a single. Harshal Patel with a little fumble but just a single taken.

A full ball, outswinger to the left-hander, on middle. Mayers blocks it off the front foot. 

FIVE WIDES! The ball movement takes it away! Full and swinging away from the batter, down the leg side. Mayers leaves it and the keeper cannot do much about it. 

Leg bye! A length ball, angling on the pads. Kyle misses his flick and gets hit on the pads. A leg bye as it rolls to square leg.

Good delivery! It lands outside off and shapes away sharply, King has a poke at it and misses it.

A length ball, outside off, bit of away swing and this is punched to mid off for a single.