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29 March 2024

India vs WI 2nd T20: Match abandoned

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni leads his team after victory during the third and final T20 cricket match in a series of three games between India and Zimbabwe in the Prayag Cup at Harare Sports Club, on June 22, 2016. (AFP)

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Play has been abandoned without a result in the second T20 international between India and West Indies who take the series 1-0.

A wet outfield has prevented play from restarting with just three overs needed to make a match of it

The covers are on because of a shower amid dark clouds with India 15-0 after 2 overs.

India are off to a rollicking start as Rohit opens the account by hooking a bouncer from Russell for a six. Ind 8-0, 1 over.

Windies innings

West Indies were restricted to 143 in 19.4 overs after being put into bat by India.

Jonathan Charles top scored with a 25-ball 43 which was spiced with five boundaries and two sixes.

But their innings fail to gather any sort of momentum being choked by the spin trio of Jadeja, Mishra and Ashwin.

Mishra was the most successful bowler returning a fine analysis of 4-0-24-3 while Ashwin claimed two wickets.

Shami and Bumrah also struck at regular intervals picking up two wickets apiece.

Samuel Badree b Mohammed Shami 1 (4b)

Mishra has the last laugh after being carted for a massive six by Braithwaite. WI 133-9, 17.5 overs.

Carlos Brathwaite b Mishra 18 (10b 2x4 1x6)

Russell perishes hammering Kumar straight down the throat of Kohli at long off. WI 123-8, 17 overs.

Andre Russell c Kohli b Kumar 13 (15b 1x6)

Bravo departs after being beaten by a superb delivery from Mishra. WI 111-7, 15.2 overs.

Dwayne Bravo b Mishra 3 (6b)

Russell gets his bearings muscling Bumrah over square leg for a maximum. WI 110-6, 15 overs.

Bumrah strikes a deadly blow castling Fletcher with a yorker. WI 98-6, 13 overs.

Andre Fletcher b Bumrah 3 (9b)

Ashwin gets Pollard trapping him leg before although the batsman is unhappy with the decision. WI 92-5, 11.5 overs.

Kieron Pollard lbw b Ashwin 13 (8b 1x4 1x6)

Pollard hammers a boundary off a free hit and a six with ridiculous ease off Bumrah. WI 89-4, 11 overs.

Wickets are tumbling in a heap with Bumrah striking with his first having Samuels caught behind. WI 76-4, 10.1 overs.

Marlon Samuels c Dhoni b Bumrah 5 (10b)

Ashwin strikes with a crafty delivery as Simmons gives him the charge only to slip and be stumped off a wide delivery. WI 76-3, 9.5 overs.

Lendl Simmons st Dhoni b Ashwin 19 (19b 3x4)

Simmons cracks two consecutive boundaries off Jadeja to break the shackles. WI 72-2, 9 overs.

Mishra strikes with his first delivery removing the dangerous Charles who holes out to long on. WI 50-2, 5.1 overs.

Jonathan Charles c Rahane b Mishra 43 (25b 5x4 2x6)

Charles continued unfazed flicking Shami for a six followed by two boundaries. WI 39-1, 4 overs.

Shami strikes dismissing centurion Lewis. WI 24-1, 3.2 overs.

Evin Lewis c Mishra b Shami 7 (6b 1x4)

Charles swings Kumar over square leg for the first maximum. WI 24-0, 3 overs.

The match finally gets underway after a delay of 40 minutes because of technical issues regarding broadbast.

Dhoni has won the toss again and India will bowl first in the second match of two back-to-back T20s at the rarely-visited Central Broward Regional Park venue on Sunday.

Gayle will sit out the game again because of a suspected back niggle.

Amit Mishra comes in for Stuart Binny for India.

Playing XI

India: R Sharma, A Rahane, V Kohli, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, B Kumar, A Mishra, Mohammed Shami, J Bumrah

West Indies: J Charles, E Lewis, M Samuels, L Simmons, A Fletcher, K Pollard, A Russell, DJ Bravo, C Brathwaite, S Narine, S Badree

West Indies defeated India by one run in a record run-laden Twenty20 clash on Saturday after piling up the third highest ever total in the game's shortest format.

Set 246 to win, India needed two runs off the last ball for a famous victory in the Florida sunshine.

But skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni could only scoop a Dwayne Bravo delivery into the hands of Marlon Samuels at short third man to leave India agonisingly on 244-4.

Lokesh Rahul was unbeaten for India on 110 in just his fourth T20 match, hitting 12 fours and five sixes. He shared crucial 107-run partnership with Dhoni.

West Indies' total of 245-6 was just short of Australia's 248 against England in Southampton in 2013 while Sri Lanka's 260 against Kenya at Johannesburg in 2007 remains the highest ever international T20 total.

Evin Lewis smashed an impressive 100 and Johnson Charles hit 79 as the West Indies laid the foundations to mark Carlos Brathwaite's first game as skipper with a victory.