Captain Shai Hope and Keacy Carty have mixed for a near-century partnership to information West Indies to a series-leveling six-wicket victory over India within the second one-day worldwide of a three-match sequence in Bridgetown.
The win got here after touring India had a calamitous batting collapse both facet of a rain delay.
India slumped to 181 all out earlier than Hope scored an unbeaten 63 off 80 balls and Carty had 48 not out in a 91-run partnership to raise West Indies to the 182-run goal with greater than 13 overs to spare.
It was West Indies’ first victory over India in an ODI since December 2019.
Gudakesh Motie and Romario Shepherd took three wickets apiece for the hosts as India, with out the rested Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. went from 90 with out loss to 5-113 within the house of 45 balls earlier than rain prompted a size delay.
Ishan Kishan made 55 from as many balls on the high of the order to steer India’s disappointing batting effort.
Kyle Mayers bludgeoned 36 off 28 balls to get the host’s chase off to a fast begin however India spinner Shardul Thakur (3-42) took three wickets to cut back West Indies to 3-72 within the thirteenth over.
When Shimron Hetmyer was bowed by Kuldeep Yadav (1-30) for 9, West Indies had been 4-91 with the sport delicately poised.
Hope and Carty then mixed to take away any fears of a capitulation because the pair toughed it out towards India’s spinners to run down the goal and stage the sequence.
“I’m happy as long as my contributions lead to the win,” captain and participant of the match Hope stated. “We’re very satisfied, the aim was to get back into the series.
“We have gotten to win yet one more and want to come back again strongly. We have to put within the effort and at the moment we displayed the suitable perspective, want to duplicate that in all disciplines. It was a whole efficiency.”
India had a five-wicket win over the West Indies in the first match on Thursday.
The final ODI of the three-match series is on Tuesday at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad. The teams are also scheduled to play five T20 matches, starting Friday.
India received the previous two-Test sequence 1-0.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
