The 2nd T20I Match of the India tour of West Indies, 2023 was played at Providence Stadium, Guyana. In which West Indies beats India by 2 wickets.
India batted first after winning the toss, started the inning not very well, Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 16 runs in 2.5 over, Shubman Gill dismissed just for 7 runs in 9 balls, next batsman Suryakumar Yadav came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 1 run in 3 balls as second wicket in 3.3 over, the team score was 18 runs, followed by Tilak Varma came to bat and handled the inning with Ishan Kishan, the third wicket has dismissed for 60 runs in 9.3 over, Ishan Kishan dismissed after scoring 27 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 23 balls, next batsman Sanju Samson came to bat and he dismissed just for 7 runs in 7 balls as fourth wicket in 11.2 over the team score was 76 runs, next batsman Hardik Pandya came to bat and played well with Tilak Varma, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 114 runs in 15.5 over, Tilak Varma dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 51 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundaires in just 41 balls, followed by Axar Patel came to bat and played well with Hardik Pandya, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 129 runs in last ball of the 18th over, Hardik Pandya dismissed after scoring 24 runs with the help of 2 sixes in just 18 balls, next batsman Ravi Bishnoi came to bat, after few moments the seventh wicket also dismissed for 139 runs in first ball of the final over, Axar Patel dismissed for 14 runs in 12 balls, next batsman Arshdeep Singh remains unbeaten for 6 runs in 3 balls with Ravi Bishnoi also remains unbeaten for 8 runs in 4 balls. In this way, West Indies scored 152 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 153 runs for West Indies.
West Indies bowlers Alzarri Joseph took 2 wickets just for 28 runs in his spell, Akeal Hosein 2 wickets just for 29 runs his spell, Romario Shepherd 2 wickets for 28 runs in 3 overs, Obed McCoy was wicketless just for 25 runs in his spell, Jason Holder wicketless for 29 runs in his spell, and Kyle Mayers also wicketless for 12 runs in 1 over.
West Indies chasing 153 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for losing 8 wickets in the fifth ball of the 19th over. West Indies also started the inning not very well, Brandon King and Kyle Mayers came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed without score in first ball of the inning, Brandon King dismissed just in 1 ball without score, next batsman Johnson Charles came to bat and he also dismissed just for 2 runs in 3 balls as second wikcet in fourth ball of the inning, the team score was just 2 runs, followed by Nichloas Pooran came to bat and played well with Kyle Mayers, the third wicket has dismissed for 32 runs in 3.4 over, Kyle Mayers dismissed for 15 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in just 7 balls, next batsman Rovman Powell came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 57 runs with Nicholas Pooran, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 89 runs in 9.5 over, Rovman Powell dismissed after scoring 21 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 19 balls, followed by Shimron Hetmyer came to bat and played well with Nicholas Pooran, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 126 runs in last ball of the 14th over, Nicholas Pooran dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 67 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 6 boundaires in just 40 balls, next batsman Romario Shepherd came to bat and he was run-out without playing a ball as sixth wicket in first ball of the 16th over, the team score was 128 runs, next batsman Jason Holder came to bat and he also dismissed without scoring in just 3 balls as seventh wicket in 15.4 over, the team score was 128 runs, next batsman Akeal Hosein came to bat, meanwhile the 8th wicket also dismissed just for 129 runs in last ball of the 16th over, Shimron Hetmyer dismissed after scoring 22 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 22 balls, followed by Alzarri Joseph came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Akeal Hosein, Akeal Hosein played an unbeaten inning of 16 runs with the help of 2 boundaires in just 10 balls, and Alzarri Joseph also played an unbeaten inning of 10 runs with the help of 1 six in just 8 balls. In this way, West Indies easily chased the target after losing 8 wickets in 18.5 overs and winning the match by 2 wickets.
Indian bowlers Hardik Pandya took 3 wickets for 35 runs in his spell, Yuzvendra Chahal 2 wickets for 19 runs in 3 overs, Arshdeep Singh 1 wicket for 34 runs in his spell, Mukesh Kumar 1 wicket for 35 runs in 3.5 overs, and Ravi Bishnoi was wicketless for 31 runs in his spell.
West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran was selected as the best player of the match, he played a brilliant half-century inning of 67 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 6 boundaires in just 40 balls.
