India cricket team defeated the West Indies cricket team in the second match of the three-match T20I series at the Eden Gardens, Kolta by eight runs on Friday, February 18, 2022, to seal the series. India had won the first match by six wickets to take a 1-0 lead earlier in the series.
The match got tensed after a brilliant 115 run stand between Nicholas Poor and Rovman Powell with both the players going on to hit the fifties and bringing down the target to only 37 runs needed from the last three overs while chasing down 187 for victory. However, three brilliant overs- two from Harshal Patel, the 18th and 20th and one from Bhuvneshwar Kumar turned the tide back in India's favour.
While Patel gave just eight runs in the 18th over, Kumar, who dropped Powell of his own bowling in the 17th over, came back strong and removed Pooran to break the stand and gave only four runs, asking West Indies to score 25 in the last over to win the game. With 24 needed off the last four balls, Harshal bowled in Powell's hitting zone and he hit two straight sixes to run a shiver of scare down the Indian dugout. But the RCB bowler kept his nerves and executed brilliant yorkers, in the end, to win it for India.
Powell remained unbeaten on 68 while Pooran made 62 off 41 balls. For India, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar took one wicket each.
Earlier in the day, the Indian team managed to get to 186-5 in its 20 overs thanks to fifties from Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant and also a brilliant knock of 33 by Venkatesh Iyer. Pant remained unbeaten on 52* while Kohli departed for 52 as well, just after scoring his fifty. For West Indies, Roston Chase picked three wickets.
Ind vs WI 2nd T20I: India Playing 11
Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal
Ind vs WI 2nd T20I: West Indies Playing 11
Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Rovman Powell, Nicholas Pooran, Roston Chase, Kieron Pollard(c), Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Akeal Hosein, Romario Shepherd, Sheldon Cottrell
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