IND vs WI, 2nd T20I HIGHLIGHTS: Simmons Fiery Knock Powers Windies To 8-wicket Win Vs India, Level Series 1-1

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New Delhi: After attaining a 1-0 series lead against Windies on Friday, skipper Virat kohli-led team India will aim for a series-win when they take on West Indies in the second T20I at the Greenfield Stadium on Sunday.

Team India on Friday defeated West Indies by six wickets to win the 1^st T20I of the three-match series and take 1-0 lead, courtesy skipper Virat Kohli’s heroic unbeaten 94 not out from just 50 balls.

When it comes to stats, team India has an upper hand against their Carrabein counterparts. The men-in-blue have won nine out 9 of the 15 T20 internationals played between the two sides.

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Clearly, the hosts are the overwhelming favorites against West Indies in the T20 international series, courtesy a superior head to head record and current form in the shortest format of the game.

The T20I series is important for both the teams as it will be considered as a build up to the ICC T20 World Cup slated to take place in Australia, next year.

"208 to defend, on any day you'd take that 10 out of 10 times. Where we lost the game was the extras and our bowling. Our execution was poor. If we had executed the plans we had spoken about, it would have been a different scenario despite the good batting wicket," said Pollard and that's exactly what the visitors need to do to make a comeback in the series.

India T20I Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan (replaced by Sanju Samson), KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

West Indies T20I: Fabian Allen, Brandon King, Denesh Ramdin, Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis, Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer, Khary Pierre, Lendl Simmons, Jason Holder, Kieron Pollard (C), Hayden Walsh Jr, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran, Kesrick Williams.

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A superb half-century from Lendl Simmons (67* off 45) and a fiery knock from Nicholas Pooran in a must-win game powered West Indies to 8-wickets win against team India and level the series 1-1in the second T20I at the Greenfield Stadium on Sunday. A thriller of a decider awaits both the teams with the final T20I to be played at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.