The second match of the three-match series between India and West Indies was played in Thiruvananthapuram. The match was won by the West Indies team and tied the series 1–1. West Indies beat India by 8 wickets in this match. Now the third and decisive match of this series will be played in Mumbai on Wednesday. The second T20 match between India and West Indies was played at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, which was won by the West Indies team. In this match, West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and elected to bowl first. In such a situation, batting first, India scored 170 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Shivam Dubey batted brilliantly for India and Scored first international half-century of his career. At the same time, Rishabh Pant returned unbeaten after scoring 33 runs.
On the other hand, Lendl Simmons scored 67 runs for West Indies, 40 runs by Evin Lewis, 38 runs by Nicholas Pooran and 23 runs by Shimran Hetmyer leads West Indies team to victory. West Indies achieved this target by losing 2 wickets in 18.3 overs. For India, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket each. There were also some poor fielding from India when the team missed several important catches. As a result, the hosts had to face defeat.
After losing the toss and batting first, the Indian team got the first blow on the score of 24 runs when KL Rahul (11) was caught by Pierre off Hetmyer. In the 6-over powerplay, India scored a total of 42 runs, losing 1 wicket. The second blow to India came in the form of vice-captain Rohit Sharma, who was bowled by Jason Holder for 15 runs from 18 balls.
Shivam Dubey, who came to bat in the third position, played a brilliant innings and scored 54 runs. He faced 30 balls and was caught by Haytmire off Hayden Walsh. India got the fourth blow in the form of Virat Kohli when he became the victim of Kesarik Williams by playing 19 runs. After this, Shreyas Iyer scored 10 runs and got out by Hayden Walsh. India got the sixth blow in the form of Ravindra Jadeja, who scored 9 runs and was clean bowled by Kesrik Williams. As the seventh wicket, Washington returned to the pavilion, who was dismissed without opening the account. Sheldon Cottrell caught him off his own ball.
