Windies thumped hosts India by eight wickets in the second T20I to level the threeไ-match series 1-1 at Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.
Batting first, India put a competitive 170/7 on the board with all-rounder Shivam Dube smashing 54 off 30 balls and Rishabh Pant conꦰtributing an unbeaten 33 off 22 as West Indies seamer Kesrick Williams and leg-spinner Hayden Walsh got two wickets apiece.
In reply, opener Lendl Simmons slammed an unbeaten 67 off 45 balls and Nicholas Pooran scored 38 off 18 balls to✤ f꧂inish the chase with 9 balls to spare.
Th💝e series decider will be played at the Wankhede stad𝄹ium in Mumbai on Wednesday (December 11).
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
and are definitely heroes of the match but for me Williams, Pierre and Walsh conceding just 69 runs🐬 in 10 overs set up the match for West Indies
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Successfully chasing 170+ targets vs India:
West Indies – 3 times
All others – 5 times— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
It's not so much this victory (though that is very important), but the way this west indies team is playing and the potential they seem to have that should please many fans.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Yes WI can! A thril🀅ler of a decider awaits! 🦁💛
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
West Indies take it to a decider 💪
Lendl Simmons played the key role with the bat, smashing 67* off 45 balls. He just loves playing India in must-win ga✅mes! 👇✅
— ICC (@ICC)
Outstanding chase by WI. Well played 👏👏Made difficult task look easy. Such fantastic potential and calibre, especially in batting! Should be top of ICC ranking in this format, not at the bottom, if they set thei🍌r minds on it and develop self belief
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Lendl Simmons’ 67 off 45 ✃balls sets up a Wednesday night thriller at the Wankhede with the series levelled at 1-1!
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
West Indies made this chase look very easy. Something about Nicholas Pooran༺ that make🎀s him so highly rated. Shivam Dube a huge positive today for India.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Ind♏ia need to prepare good bowling unit which can defend any target. and bumrah will help the cause but need other bowlers to step up
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
A convincing win for West Indies, the🌳 series is tied at 1-1 now with the final T20I to be played at Wankhede stadium 🏟️
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
India does not look as classy and secure a team in T20 as it does in ODIs and Tests. In large part because the shortest format is the most unpredictable, but also bec🌼ause the right comboඣ is still elusive
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
The last time Lendl Simmons scored a T20I fifty – also vs India – 82 at Mumbai in SF in 2016
Since then 12 inns, highest 19— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Lendl Simmons' fifty propels Windies to an easy win
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
That’s a solid win for West Indies♔, they beat India in a T20I after🔯 June 2017
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur)
India had j💞ust five sixes in their innin✱gs but West Indies have had 11 already. That’s game, set and match !
— Chandresh Narayanan (@chand2579)
Batting f💖irst is the bigger nemesis f🌌or India in this format. From 97-2 in 10.2 overs they managed just 73 in the last 10-odd overs and 170 was never going to be enough. Two sides to the same team, batting first or chasing down totals.
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
I thought the chase would be more difficult. Yes, the ball was a bit moist, but can't let that take away from an excellent West Indies run chase
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
