India Wins 12Th Consecutive Series Against West Indies

India wins 12th consecutive series against West Indies, Axar Patel becomes a hero: IND vs WI 2nd ODI.

Thanks to the stormy half-century of Axar Patel, the Indian team won the second ODI against West Indies by 2 wickets.

Batting first, West Indies set a target of 312 runs for India to win. Team India achieved the target in 49.4 overs with the help of Axar’s unbeaten 64 after Shreyas Iyer, and Sanju Samson’s fifty.

With this, the Indian team has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series against West Indies. The Indian team has defeated the Caribbean team in the 12th consecutive series.

Akshar Patel, who played an unbeaten 64 off 35 balls, was adjudged the man of the match. Apart from Akshar, Shreyas Iyer scored 63 and Sanju Samson scored 54 runs.

Earlier, Shai Hope, who was dismissed cheaply in the 1st ODI, played the role of an opener very well. Winning the toss and opting to bat, West Indies got off to a good start by Hope and Kyle Myers.

Myers batted aggressively, hitting boundaries in the fourth and sixth overs on the debutant charge, as the Indian bowler conceded 36 runs in his first three overs.

Myers hit a four and a six off Thakur in the first two balls. Siraj, however, bowled tightly in the opening spell.

Deepak Hooda got the team the first success by dismissing Myers. Kyle Myers (39 runs) shared a 65-run partnership with Hope for the first wicket.

Then Hope and Shamrah Brooks, who landed at number three, started building a partnership.

Hooda and Patel again bowled tightly so that the West Indies team could add only 42 runs from the 10th to the 20th over. Hope and Brooks hit a six and four in the 21st over on Chahal.

Indian captain Shikhar Dhawan then put Patel on the bowling, who took the wicket of Brooks.

Shamrah Brooks (35 runs) shared a 62-run partnership for the second wicket with Hope.

After this, in the very next over, Yuzvendra Chahal did not even allow Brandon King to open the account and showed the way to the pavilion.

After the dismissals of Brooks and King, Hope found a good partner in the form of Captain Pooran.

India wins 12th consecutive series against West Indies: Nicholas Pooran scored 74 runs with the help of six sixes.

Hope and Pooran together took the team’s score to 150 runs by the 28th over. Pooran completed his half-century in the 39th over after hitting two lofty sixes on Chahal.

Pooran hit another six on Patel till the 42nd over to complete a 100-run partnership with Hope. The West Indies captain again scored the sixth six of his innings on the charge.

But Thakur ended this partnership by bowling him. Both played a century partnership of 117 runs in 126 balls for the fourth wicket. Pooran scored 74 runs in 77 balls with the help of six sixes.

Shai Hope scored his 13th ODI century in the 100th match.

Shai Hope appeared in good form in his 100th ODI and hit some excellent shots on the off-side and completed his hundred in the 45th over with a six.

Hope was dismissed in the 49th over, hitting eight fours and three sixes in his 135-ball innings.

Rovman Powell (13 not out) and Romario Shepard (14 not out) took West Indies past 300 runs. West Indies added 93 runs in the last 10 overs.

Shardul Thakur took three wickets, but Avesh Khan did not get the wicket.

Shardul Thakur (3 for 54) had already lost 13 runs in the first over but he made up for it by taking three wickets. Avesh Khan could not do well in his debut, giving 54 runs in six overs.

Although Mohammad Siraj could not take any wicket he gave 46 runs in 10 overs from a maiden.

Axar Patel (1 for 40) and Deepak Hooda (1 for 42) bowled well while Yuzvendra Chahal (1 for 69) picked up a wicket but proved to be a bit expensive.