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

IND vs WI, 2nd T20I LIVE UPDATES: Hello and welcome to our coverage of India vs West Indies 2nd T20I from Thiruvananthapuram. Team India, under the leadership of skipper Virat Kohli begin preparation for the T20I World Cup 2020 with the three-match limited overs series against West Indies.

Team India is scheduled to play 3 T20Is and as many ODIs against Windies. Catch all the live updates of IND vs WI 2ndT20I in Thiruvananthapuram, on ABP Live.

PREVIEW: Virat Kohli makes his return to the T20I setup after completing his much-needed break from the previous Bangladesh series. The flamboyant batsman faces a tough task ahead to get a favourable result against the reigning ICC World T20 champions, West Indies, in the limited-overs series.

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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...More

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 1st 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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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.

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OUT ! Skipper Virat Kohli takes an absolute SENSATIONAL catch to get rid of dangerous looking Hetmyer off Ravindra Jadeja's delivery. Kohli ran to his right from long-on and stretched as much as he could to grab a diving + sliding catch with his both hands. The skipper lost balance and fell on ground while completing the catch but somehow managed to keep him from touching the boundary rope. Windies need just 44 runs in 30 balls. Can they pull this off?

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OUT ! Windies openers got off to a great start. After a few dropped catches, Evin Lewis turned on the accelerator and did not hesitate from swinging the bat hard on almost every ball. Washington Sundar got the much-needed wicket of Lewis for 40 off 34 balls. The spinner totally bamboozled Lewis and Pant did the rest by dismantling the stumps quickly behind the wicket to give India its first wicket. Windies need 96 more runs in 59 balls to level the series.

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It’s an unfortunate day for Bhuvi !

First, Washington Sundar gifts explosive Windies opener Lendl Simmons a life by dropping his catch off speedster Bhuvneshwar Kumar's delivery. Team India missed a breakthrough and their first wicket of the day. In the second instance, Pant turned out to be the culprit. The Indian wicket-keeper almost pulled off a superb catch behind the stumps off Evin Lewis' outside edge but drops it in the end as he lands on the ground.

Windies are 41 for no loss of wicket after first SIX overs.

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Young all-rounder Shivam Dube’s maiden fifty and an important cameo from wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant helped team India post 170/7 against West Indies in the second T20I at the Greenfield Stadium on Sunday. With a 1-0 series lead against Windies, the Indian bowling attack will aim for a series-win in the three-match T20I series.

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OUT ! After getting a decent start, team India has started to lose its momentum with the game in its final few overs. Iyer (10 off 11 balls) middle gave Hayden Walsh his second wicket for the day after he failed to connect the ball well with the bat and could only manage to hole out to King. It’s now all on the batting pair of Pant and Jadeja to help India score a fighting total with final three overs to go. India are 155/5 after 17.4 overs.

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Kesrick Williams removes the Indian skipper for just 19 off 17 balls and gets his revenge! The run-machine has failed to continue his form from the series opener. The Indian skipper got dismissed just when he was starting to look dangerous. Kesrick didn’t celebrate Kohli’s departure and also asked his teammates to remain calm. However, there’s a pin-drop silence in the crowd post Kohli's departure. Shreyas Iyer is the next man to the crease. India are 132/4 (15) with five overs left in their innings.

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OUT ! Youngster Shivam Dube perishes as he gets caught out after a heroic 54 off 30 balls. Dube scored his maiden FIFTY In T20Is, off just 27 balls. The left-hander has put team India in a commanding position, probably on a track to post 200 or even 200 plus to defend against Windies. Dube was promoted up at number three instead of Virat Kohli today and the all-rounder has successfully proved himself with the bat ahead of the World T20I in Australia, next year. India are 106/3 after 11.4 overs.

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Jason Holder gets the BIG FISH! Windies get their second wicket in form of opener Rohit Sharma. The Mumbai Indians skipper was calm for some time and finally decided to go for a cheeky shot but departs for 15. Skipper Kohli joins Dube in the middle, who is punishing the Windies bowlers by smashing some scintillating shots after struggling a bit in the beginning of his innings. Undoubtedly, the young Dube is on fire and his playing a career changing innings as he smashed Pollard for 26 runs in the 9th over ( 2, wd, 2, 6, wd, wd, 6, 6, 1) !

India are 90/2 after 9.2 overs

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What a SUPER first over from Pollard! The Windies skipper gave just three runs in his first over and bowled an almost 140 kmph deadly bouncer to beat Dube. In terms of captaincy, Pollard has done quite well to keep flamboyant opener Rohit Sharma's bat quite for some time now. India is 45/1 after seven overs.

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The Indian team management promoted Shivam Dube to number three batting position, instead of skipper Virat Kohli. Probably, team India wants to check the left-handers batting abilities. The young lad has not disappointed his squad as he is batting calmly under pressure situation. Dube got his groove going by swinging hard to get his first boundary of the match. A great chance for the youngster to showcase his finishing abilities, but for that he needs to calm a bit and bat till the very end.

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India openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma gave team a fiery start to team India as they bagged 12 from the first over of their innings. The batting duo played some fearless strokes against Windies bowling attack and looked in the mood to put a massive total on scoreboard.

OUT! Khary Pierre gets the much-needed breakthrough by getting in-form opener KL Rahul caught for just 11. Rahul tried to hit a biggie off Pierre's delivery, but holes out one at deep square leg. Surprisingly, its Shivam Dube who comes in the middle at number three instead of skipper Virat Kohli !

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Team India will look to put a huge total on a batting surface that supports batsmen more than the bowlers. Anything below 180-190 on such good batting pitch will straight away put the pressure on Indian bowlers, even if the track provides a bit of spin in the second innings.

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After losing the toss, skipper Virat Kohli revealed that he has made no changes in the Playing XI, which means young batting sensation Sanju Samson has another chance to prove his talent. Kohli said he too would have opted to bowl first.

'It's a nice and hard pitch, I think it should be a pretty good pitch to bat on during the first half. It's not a worry, we haven't defended too many totals in the past. It's a mindset thing, it's all about belief,' he said.

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Playing XI of both India and West Indies for 2nd T20I:

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal

West Indies (Playing XI): Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard(c), Jason Holder, Khary Pierre, Hayden Walsh, Sheldon Cottrell, Kesrick Williams

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West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard has called it right and his team will bowl first against India in the 2nd T20I at Thiruvananthapuram. After facing loss in the hard-fought series opener on Friday, the visitors will aim to level the series 1-1 and halt team India’s dominance in the shortest format of the game on home soil.

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Ahead of the much-awaited thrilling series decider between India and West Indies, pitch curator Biju had stated the fans can expect another run-fest at the Greenfield Stadium. ‘This is going to be a pitch where lots of runs can be expected. Even with likely rains, the pitch will favour the batsmen,’ said Biju.