LIVE UPDATES | INDIA vs WEST INDIES | 2ND T20 | FLORIDA, USA





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INDIA INNINGS

23.30 pm: It's over. The match has been called off due to wet outfield. West Indies win the two-match series 1-0.

22.50 pm: Rain has stopped but the ground staff is very cautious. They are not removing the covers. The don't have super soppers to dry up the ground. 





22.30 pm: Rain coming down steadily now. Overs will start getting reduced from here on.

The sky is really dark, doesn't look good for the match. Overs will start getting reduced if there is a delay of more than 15 minutes.

DLS par-score for India if they don't lose a wicket after five overs is 27. 

Bad news. RAIN is coming. The ground staff are busy covering the pitch and surrounding areas. Players have gone out.

OVER 2: Badree kept it tight there. No boundary in the over but Indian batsmen ran well and collected 7 runs. India 15/0 (129 runs required from 18 overs).

OVER 1: 8 runs from the first over. India 8/0 (136 runs required from 19 overs).

0.3 Russell to Rohit: SIX! Bouncer it was and Rohit looked out of shape but the top edge flew over the fine-leg boundary. India opens the account with a six.

Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane -- Indian openers -- are walking in to start the chase. Rohit to take strike. Andre Russell has the ball.

There was a slight delay but we are back now. Dark clouds hovering over the ground. The wind has picked up too. The situation looks ominous. Ground staff are ready with the covers.

WEST INDIES INNINGS

West Indies all out for 143 in 19.4 overs.

19.4 Shami to Badree: WICKET! Length ball, Badree missed it completely. Samuel Badree b Mohammed Shami 1 (4b 0x4 0x6).

19.2 Shami to Narine: SIX!

OVER 19: Bumrah continues to trouble batsmen with yorkers and slower ones. Just 3 runs from the over. West Indies 136/9.

OVER 18: Successful over by Mishra. After getting hit for a FOUR and a SIX, he dismissed Brathwaite. 10 runs from over.  West Indies 133/9.

17.5 Mishra to Brathwaite: WICKET! Beaten by flight. Brathwaite came down the track but couldn't reach the ball. Carlos Brathwaite b Mishra 18 (10b 2x4 1x6).

17.2 Mishra to Brathwaite: SIX! Tossed up, Brathwaite hit it very long over mid-wicket.

17.1 Mishra to Brathwaite: FOUR! Reverse sweep, played it effectively right of point fielder.

OVER 17: He gave 10 runs in the over but he got a wicket too. West Indies 123/8.

16.6 Bhuvi to Russell: WICKET! Low full toss outside off, Russell looked to muscle it over long-off but couldn't. Easy catch for Virat. Andre Russell c Kohli b Kumar 13 (15b 0x4 1x6).

16.3 Bhuvi to Brathwaite: FOUR! Scooped it short fine-leg and square-leg.

OVER 16: Successful over by Mishra. Just 3 runs and a wicket. West Indies 113/7.

15.2 Mishra to Bravo: WICKET! Googly, Bravo came down the pitch but failed to read the ball. Dwayne Bravo b Mishra 3 (6b 0x4 0x6).

OVER 15: Good over. 8 runs from it. Several good yorkers by Bumrah in the over. West Indies 110/6.

14.4 Bumrah to Russell: SIX! Short and Russell pulled it well to send it over square-leg boundary.

OVER 14: West Indies are struggling for runs now. Just 4 runs from Ashwin's over. West Indies 102/6.

OVER 13: Bumrah comes back stronger. This time no No-ball. But got a wicket. West Indies 98/6.

12.6 Bumrah to Fletcher: WICKET! Yorker and bails fly in the air. Fletcher is walking back. Superb ball. Andre Fletcher b Bumrah 3 (9b 0x4 0x6).

OVER 12: Another good over by Ashwin. Just 3 runs and a wicket. West Indies 92/5.

11.5 Ashwin to Pollard: WICKET! Carrom ball, skids on Pollard and hits him the pads. It looked like missing leg-stump but Umpire raised the finger. Kieron Pollard lbw b Ashwin 13 (8b 1x4 1x6).

OVER 11: Expensive over but Bumrah got an important wicket. 13 runs from the over. West Indies 89/4.

10.6 Bumrah to Pollard: SIX! Drifted towards leg, Pollard flicks it over over mid-wicket

10.4 Bumrah to Pollard: FOUR! It was a Free Hit and Pollard got a boundary. Low full toss, got the toe of the bat yet it flew over bowler's head.

10.4 Bumrah to Pollard: NO BALL! Free hit for Pollard now.

10.1 Bumrah to Samuels: WICKET! Bumrah strikes on first ball. Length ball, Samuels tries to make way for square cut but was cramped for space. Edge flies to Dhoni. Marlon Samuels c Dhoni b Bumrah 5 (10b 0x4 0x6).

OVER 10: Brilliant start for Ashwin today. 4 runs and a wicket for him. West Indies 76/3.

9.5 Ashwin to Simmons: WICKET! Ashwin saw Simmons jumping out of the crease and bowled wide of leg-stump. Dhoni did the rest. Superb bowling. Lendl Simmons st †Dhoni b Ashwin 19 (19b 3x4 0x6).

Ashwin has the ball now.

OVER 9: 10 runs from the over. West Indies 72/2.

8.2 Jadeja to Simmons: FOUR! Bowled up, Simmons hits it on right of point fielder. Timed well, deep fielder can't stop the ball.

8.1 Jadeja to Simmons: FOUR! Short outside off, Simmons bisects point fielders for the boundary.

OVER 8: Another good over by Mishra. 7 runs from it. West Indies 62/2.

7.4 Mishra to Simmons: FOUR! Inside out. Simmons picked it well. No chance for the deep covers fielder.

OVER 7: Brilliant over that was. Just 1 run from it. Jadeja bowled 5 dot balls to Simmons. West Indies 55/2.

Ravindra Jadeja to bowl now.

OVER 6: Great over for India. Mishra provides the wicket of dangerous Johnson Charles. Just 4 runs from it. West Indies 54/2. Simmons 2 (3b 0x4 0x6), Samuels 1 (2b 0x4 0x6).

5.1 Mishra to Charles: WICKET! Bowled up, Charles goes down on his knees but fails to clear long-on fielder. Rahane takes an easy catch. Big wicket for India. Johnson Charles c Rahane b Mishra 43 (25b 5x4 2x6).

Amit Mishra into attack now.

OVER 5: Charles is dictating the terms right now. 11 runs from the over. West Indies 50/1.

4.4 Bhuvi to Charles: FOUR! Too full, Charles hit it straight down the ground. It beat the mid-off fielder.

4.3 Bhuvi to Charles: FOUR! Walks across the stumps and hits the full length ball over mid-off.

OVER 4: Successful yet expensive over. 15 runs off it. West Indies 39/1.

3.5 Shami to Charles: FOUR! Short and duly sent to mid-wicket boundary.

3.4 Shami to Charles: FOUR! Good bouncer but Chales was lucky. Top edge goes to fine-leg boundary.

3.3 Shami to Charles: SIX! Length ball on off, Charles flicks it over square-leg. WOW!

3.2 Shami to Lewis: WICKET! Short ball strategy seems to be working for India today. Lewis was a bit late on that. Hit the upper part of the bat and eased into Mishra's hands at short fine-leg. Evin Lewis c Mishra b Mohammed Shami 7 (6b 1x4 0x6).

OVER 3: Despite a six, just 8 runs came from Bhuvi's over. West Indies 24/0.

2.2 Bhuvi to Charles: SIX! Length ball and Charles swings across to sends it over mid-wicket boundary.

OVER 2: Going well but Shami conceded a boundary on the last ball. 9 runs from it. West Indies 16/0.

1.6 Shami to Lewis: FOUR! Short and helped over short fine-leg fielder.

Shami to bowl the second over.

OVER 1: Good over by Bhuvi, good start for India. Just 7 runs from it. West Indies 7/0.

0.3 Bhuvi to Charles: FOUR! Bhuvi bowls a bouncer and Charles sends it to square-leg boundary. Not convincing but gets him runs.

Match is about to start. West Indies openers Johnson Charles and Evin Lewis are walking in. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the ball. Charles to face. Let's go.

MATCH DELAYED




There was a hurricane alert but the weather is fine. The delay is due to a problem with the satellite feed. Technicians are on the job but haven't been able to find a fix yet.

More delay in the match. New start time: 8:10 p.m.













PLAYING XIs

India: RG Sharma, AM Rahane, V Kohli, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni (C), RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, B Kumar, A Mishra, Mohammed Shami, JJ Bumrah

West Indies: J Charles, E Lewis, AD Russell, KA Pollard, CR Brathwaite (C), DJ Bravo, LMP Simmons, MN Samuels, ADS Fletcher, SP Narine, S Badree.

Team Update: Stuart Binny has been dropped, Amit Mishra comes in. West Indies are unchanged. That means Chris Gayle continues to sit out because of the injury that made him miss the previous match.

TOSS: Indian captain MS Dhoni has won the toss once again and he again decided to bowl first.





Ahead of today's match, captain MS Dhoni has asked for improvement in Powerplay bowling. India had conceded the third highest T20I total - 245 - in the first game on Saturday. West Indies had built their score on a rollicking opening stand between Johnson Charles and Evin Lewis - 126 in 9.3 overs. Read full report here.

SQUADS

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Stuart Binny, Umesh Yadav.

West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite (capt), Andre Fletcher, Andre Russell, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Johnson Charles, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Samuel Badree, Sunil Narine.



Welcome to the second and final T20 match between India and West Indies. It was a thrilling match last night. Both the teams played really well. Although West Indies came out winner, there was little to separate the two sides. Evin Lewis scored a brilliant century for West Indies and was countered by equally effective ton by KL Rahul. The difference was perhaps Dwayne Bravo, who used his slower balls to maximum effect.

India lost the match but there were several positives for them to take from the match. It takes a lot of confidence chase such a mammoth total. Going into the second match, West Indies will be wary of India's batting capabilities. A better bowling plan is, perhaps, what India need today.