IND tour of WI 2023
WI vs IND, 2nd ODI

Preview 

Rohit Sharma-led Team India dominated the Hosts WI in the first ODI of the 3-match ODI series by beating them by 5 wickets on Thursday. After the shock exit from the World Championship Series, all eyes were on the Maroon army as WI try and rebuild for the upcoming events. However, WI will not be happy with how it started as they were humbled by the Indian Team at Kensington Oval. The second match of the ODI series is set to take place at the same venue on Saturday, 29 July. The Hosts will be eyeing to fight back in this contest to level up the series by 1-1 against Men in Blue.

Shai Hope-led WI looked like a shadow of themselves for the remaining matches. Once feared in the white ball cricket, was humbled in their backyard by the solid Indian side, already 1-0 down, West Indies will look to put on a fight in the last two matches, as WI look to make a comeback in the ODI series.

With all the hope on this Indian Team to win the World Championship Series as the host nation, all eyes were on them as they crushed the Caribbean's hopes in the last encounter. However, WI still does have a lot of work to do as the batting was extremely disappointing and they even failed to play 50 overs.

After losing the toss and being put into bat first, the Hosts got off to a decent start and hoped to put on a decent total for the Men in Blue to chase down. The Indian spinner ran through the entire batting lineup, dismissing them for a score of 114 runs in 24 overs. WI's skipper Shai Hope was the top scorer with 43 runs in that match.

After winning the toss and opting to bowl first, IND made a fantastic start with the ball. The bowling department looked sharp and bundled out the WI batting lineup for 114 runs. The spinners ran through the batting lineup with Kuldeep Yadav picking up 4 for 6 runs and Jadeja also scalping 3 wickets as well by conceding 37 runs.

Match Details

Match: IND tour of WI 2023, WI vs IND 2nd ODI 

Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023 

Time: 07:00 PM IST

Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Pitch and Weather Report

This venue isn’t the best batting pitch as the ball doesn’t come to the bat nicely due to varying pace and bounce. Although the spinners will enjoy bowling on this pitch as the surface support sharp turns. 

The sky will be overcast on the matchday which will make it more difficult for the batters. Bowlers will have to step forward on this venue. A score of 280 runs will be enough for the side batting first. 

WI vs IND Squads

WI: Shai Hope (c), Rovman Powell (vc), Alick Athanaze, Yannic Cariah, Keacy Carty, Dominic Drakes, Shimron Hetmyer, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Gudakesh Motie, Jayden Seales, Romario Shepherd, Kevin Sinclair and Oshane Thomas.

IND: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar.

WI vs IND Probable Playing XIs

WI: Shai Hope(w/c), Kyle Mayers, Brandon King, Alick Athanaze, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Yannic Cariah, Dominic Drakes, Jayden Seales, Gudakesh Motie

IND: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan(w), Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar

Match Prediction

The Hosts are currently struggling with their sluggish form in the ODI format. Their batters and bowlers have been inconsistent in the last couple of months which hurdled them to get disqualified from the ODI World Series 2023. Indian players are in a more dynamic gaming environment with ample talents which makes them the favourites to win this match. We say India to win the 2nd ODI as well.

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