In the second T20 cricket match against India, the West Indies won by 6 wickets on Friday.
Batting first, India scored 249 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs, while the West Indies chased it down with 252 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 18.3 overs to win.
For the Indian team, Sanju Samson, who had been struggling for the past few days, smashed 82 runs in this match. However, the West Indies won thanks to the aggressive batting of Shai Hope and Sherfane Rutherford.
Earlier, the West Indies, having won the toss, chose to bowl. In India’s innings, while Samson played aggressively, Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for 20 runs with 2 boundaries and 1 six. Then Ishan Kishan came to the crease, and the Sanju Samson-Ishan partnership impressed by adding 97 runs for the second wicket.
Ishan lost his wicket for 43 runs with 6 boundaries and 2 sixes, and Shivam Dube, who followed, was dismissed for 7 runs.
Captain Shreyas Iyer came in as the fifth batter, and Samson was dismissed for 82 runs off 41 balls with 9 boundaries and 4 sixes.
In this situation, Tilak Varma joined Iyer, and the pair added 83 runs for the 5th wicket. Iyer returned to the pavilion in the final over for 40 runs, with 3 boundaries and 3 sixes.
At the end of the overs, Tilak Varma remained unbeaten on 44 with 3 boundaries and 3 sixes, while Naman Dhir was unbeaten on 4. For the West Indies, Roston Chase took 3 wickets and Shamar Springer took 2 wickets.
Later, in the West Indies innings as they chased 250 runs, Kamil Pooran was dismissed for 4, Shimron Hetmyer for 0, and Rovman Powell was out for 24 runs with 4 boundaries and 1 six.
The opening batsman and captain Shai Hope - Sherfane Rutherford partnership added 120 runs for the 4th wicket and laid the foundation for victory.
Rutherford was dismissed for 84 runs with 7 boundaries and 7 sixes, while Shai Hope, who scored a century, remained unbeaten after leading the team to victory with 102 runs, including 6 boundaries and 9 sixes.
Romario Shepherd supported with 34 runs, including 3 boundaries and 3 sixes. Among the Indian bowlers, Mayank Yadav took 3 wickets and Kuldeep Yadav took 1 wicket.
250
This is the West Indies' highest successful chase in T20 cricket (250). Before this, their highest successful chase was 223 runs against Australia in 2023.
