India (IND) vs West Indies (WI) 2nd ODI Cricket Match Live Score Update: India face West Indies in the 2nd ODI between the two sides in Guwahati with a chance at sealing a series win. Justin Greaves scored a century for the West Indies in the first ODI but Kuldeep Yadav’s four-wicket haul helped India restrict the visitors to 295/7, with a target close to 350 looking very much on the cards at one point. Then came a couple of masterful centuries from Virat Kohli and captain Shubman Gill which helped India chase the target down comfortably
In what is a huge blow for the West Indies, it is in-form man Greaves himself who has been ruled out of the second ODI. India, meanwhile, will be pondering whether to bring back Mohammed Siraj and whether to keep Nitish Kumar Reddy in the squad. There will also be significant focus on former captain Rohit Sharma’s form.
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Fellow veteran Kohli’s place in the team can never possibly questioned now that it is clear that the batting great seems to have hit another purple patch late in his ODI career but Rohit’s form has been comparitively topsy-turvy. This even led to the possibility of him being dropped after India’s last ODI series in England. In the first ODI against the West Indies, Rohit had provided a strong start to the Indian chase, scoring 32 in 35 balls.
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Along their 151-run partnership that reduced the game to an eight-wicket canter, the equation Kohli and Gill was one of equals. (CREIMAS)
The moment would remain frozen in the memory of the audience. Virat Kohli sears down the ground, pauses for a micro second and transfers his weight seamlessly into Gudakesh Motie’s flighted ball. Over the long-on fence. Into his 55th century, into their imperishable memory. It’s perhaps the last they would see Kohli in flesh and bone in an India shirt. Kisses flew, drums beat in frenzy, the chants reached a deafening chorus and unleashed a barrage of boundaries to wrap up the game. READ MORE
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