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India take an unassailable 2-0 lead in T20I series with 71 run win over WINDIES

by Alastair Symondson Tuesday 6 November 2018

Rohit Sharma 111* for India today against WINDIES

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The WINDIES won the toss and decided to bowl against India, at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow today in the 2^nd T20I of the series.

India 195 - 2 (Rohit Sharma 111*, Shikhar Dhawan 43)

West Indies 124 - 9 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2-12)

Result – India won by 71 runs

Scoreboard

Full Match Report

The Player of the Match, unsurprisingly, is Rohit Sharma.

He hit a record-breaking fourth T20I century as India wrapped up their T20I series against @windiescricket with a game to spare. #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/Z6AxGWB8UN
— ICC (@ICC) November 6, 2018

India took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match T20I series by beating the WINDIES by 71 in the 2^nd T20I. Batting first, India scored 195-2 in their 20 overs with Rohit Sharma 111*,the standout batsman.

In reply, the WINDIES were always behind the run rate and were never really in the run chase due to some great bowling from the India bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Khaleel Ahmed, who all took 2 wickets apiece.

There is one T20I match left in the series – can the WINDIES leave this tour of India on a high and win the last game, on November 11^th ,in Chennai?

India - Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed

West Indies - Shai Hope, Denesh Ramdin(wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, Nicholas Pooran, Carlos Brathwaite(c), Fabian Allen, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Oshane Thomas