India vs West Indies 2nd T20I Highlights: India beat West Indies by 8 runs to take unassailable 2-0 lead
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 19, 2022, 17:10:23 IST
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India vs West Indies 2nd T20I Highlights: India beat West Indies by 8 runs to take unassailable 2-0 lead

Pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel kept their nerves intact in the death overs as India defended their total of 186 in the second T20I in Kolkata to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series. Get live cricket score updates of 2nd T20I match between India vs West Indies. Check live scorecard, ball by ball commentary, cricket score online on Times of India.
22:14 (IST) Feb 18
74 needed off 36 balls
50-run partnership also comes up between Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell.
22:09 (IST) Feb 18
Harshal to Powell | LBW review from India! | Powell survives!
A full-toss from Harshal Patel and Rovman Powell swings the bat but misses. It still goes to the third-man fence after hitting his pad. Harshal convinces Rohit Sharma to take the review as it looked that the ball was going to hit the stumps. But Ultra-Edge confirms that Powell did get the bottom edge of his bat before the ball hit his pad. Powell survives as India lose a review! WI 110/2 after 13.4 overs
22:04 (IST) Feb 18
Bishnoi to Powell | SIX!
A cracking strike from Rovman Powell down the ground. Ravi Bishnoi pitches the ball up and it landed right in the arc of Powell. He smacks it over the long-off fence. 100 comes up for West Indies with that mammoth strike! They need another 87 runs off 45 balls
22:01 (IST) Feb 18
Chahar to Powell | SIX!
Rovman Powell also looking in solid touch now. A short-pitched delivery from Deepak Chahar and Powell wasted no time on that one. Pulls it and the ball hits the boundary cushion. Given a sixer! WI 90/2 after 11.5 overs
21:55 (IST) Feb 18
Chahar to Pooran | FOUR!
Deepak Chahar comes back into the attack and starts off with a juicy half-tracker on the leg side. Nicholas Pooran clobbers it to the deep fence. WI 83/2 after 11.1 overs
21:48 (IST) Feb 18
At halfway mark | West Indies 73/2 | Need another 114 runs off 60 balls
Nicholas Pooran 29* | Rovman Powell 5* | Partnership 14* off 9 balls | Required rate - 11.4 RPO
21:45 (IST) Feb 18
Chahal to Pooran | SIX!
That's what happens when you drop a dangerous batsman. A full-length delivery from Yuzi Chahal down the leg side and Nicholas Pooran smokes it over the deep square-leg fence in style. WI 68/2 after 9.3 overs
21:43 (IST) Feb 18
Chahal to Pooran | Dropped!
Ravi Bishnoi drops an easy chance in the deep. Nicholas Pooran goes for the slog sweep off Chahal but fails to connect. Bishnoi, running in from the fence, gets to the ball in time but fails to hold on to it. Chahal is not happy with the effort from Ravi and so is Rohit! WI 60/2 after 9.1 overs
21:38 (IST) Feb 18
Bishnoi to King | OUT!
Ravi Bishnoi strikes third-ball! Brandon King never looked comfortable in the middle. He tries to take on Ravi but the youngster outfoxes him with his pace. A hoick from Brandon and Suryakumar Yadav completes an easy catch at long-off. King walks back for 22. WI 59/2 after 8.3 overs
21:30 (IST) Feb 18
Harshal to Pooran | SIX! FOUR!
Nicholas Pooran welcomes Harshal Patel into the attack with back-to-back boundaries. A authoritative pull for a maximum followed by a cracking cut shot to the point fence. Pooran putting Harshal under pressure right from the start of his spell. 50 up for West Indies with those successive boundaries! WI 51/1 after 6.2 overs
21:25 (IST) Feb 18
Chahal to King | Given OUT! | Review from King and he survives!
Yuzvendra Chahal almost got his second wicket in he over. Brandon King tries to cut him behind point but misses. There is a noise and the Indian camp goes up in appeal. A late decision from the umpire but he raises his finger eventually. King takes the review instantly and Ultra-Edge confirms that there is no bat involved. King survives with the help of a review! WI 41/1 after 6 overs
21:20 (IST) Feb 18
Chahal to Mayers | OUT!
Yuzvendra Chahal draws first blood. An itchy Kyle Mayers tries to hit Chahal to deep square-leg but instead gets the top edge. The ball shoots straight up and Chahal completes an easy catch off his own bowling. Mayers walks back for 9. WI 34/1 after 5.1 overs
21:19 (IST) Feb 18
Chahar to Brandon | FOUR! | Tough chance goes down!
Brandon King tries to belt Deepak Chahar across but gets the uppish half of the bat. The ball goes very high and Venkatesh Iyer goes after it. Runs back quite a bit from mid-on but fails to get to the ball in time. The ball tickles to the long-on fence after Iyer fails to recover from his dive in time. WI 34/0 after 4.3 overs
21:13 (IST) Feb 18
Chahal spot on in first over
1 1 1 1 Wd 0 1 - Yuzvendra Chahal starts off with a decent 6-run first over. India bowlers so far have managed to keep both Brandon King and Kyle Mayers quiet. Deepak Chahar to continue from the other end. The required rate for West Indies has now crept up to 9.94 RPO. WI 28/0 after 4 overs
21:09 (IST) Feb 18
Bhuvneshwar to Mayers | FOUR!
Kyle Mayers gets going as well! Over-cooked delivery outside off from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and crashed through to the cover fence from Kyle Mayers, A boundary from Mayers to end the Bhuvi over. Yuzvendra Chahal now comes into the attack inside powerplay. WI 22/0 after 3 overs
21:04 (IST) Feb 18
Chahar to Brandon | FOUR!
First boundary of the West Indies innings goes to Brandon King. A length ball outside off from Deepak Chahar and King uses his bottom hand and belts it straight down the ground, The ball gets to the long-off fence in no time. A boundary from King to end Chahar's first over. WI 14/0 after 2 overs
20:59 (IST) Feb 18
Chahar partners up with Bhuvneshwar
0 1 0 Wd5 L1 0 1 - 8 runs from Bhuvneshwar Kumar's first over including 5 wides. Bhuvneshwar got quite a bit of movement in his first over in the air and off the pitch. Deepak Chahar to share the new ball with him from the other end. WI 8/0 after 1 over
20:55 (IST) Feb 18
The chase is on!
Brandon King and Kyle Mayers are in the middle to begin West Indies' chase of 187. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to start the proceedings for India. A slip in place for Bhuvi. King on strike. Here we go!
20:55 (IST) Feb 18

For me it's always been an opportunity to bat well under different situations for the team, today when I went in I decided to be positive then we lost a few wickets. I wanted to continue in the same way, probably disappointed to get out at the time I did because I set up the game nicely for me to go hard in the last 4-5 overs which is the way I bat, which is my strength. I was happy that I went out with clear intent today, not think so much about whether I should try my shots or not and it came off. It's a nice way to start that innings for myself. When you play with responsibility over a long period of time, you tend to go into a mindset where you start thinking too much about whether you can take a risk or not and I think sometimes, you tend to forget why you got to the stage you got to and it's important to back your instincts. Little bit of people in the stadium always helps, sometimes you need to create momentum for yourself when the environment doesn't really provide it for you, so tonight I felt good from the get-go. I think at a certain stage we thought 180 was good, some balls were stopping in between the hard lengths and the change of pace, We know they are going to go after the shots and that is going to provide us those wicket-taking opportunities. Special mention to Rishabh and Venky the way they batted, gave us those extra 10 runs in the end and hats off to that partnership.

Virat Kohli at the break

20:47 (IST) Feb 18
India young guns fire on all cylinders!