Who Will Win West Indies vs India 2nd T20?
India have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-game T20 international series as they beat the West Indies by five wickets in the opening match at Kolkata. The Windies will now look to make a strong comeback and level the series in the second T20I which will be played on November 6 at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Live telecast of the game is scheduled to begin at 7 PM local time.
Ind vs WI 2nd T20: Where to Watch/Live Streaming
TV channels: Star Sports, Sky Sports Cricket, Fox Sports, SuperSport, OSN Sports Cricket HD
Live Streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, SuperSport Live, Now TV
Toss Prediction
The second T20I between India and the West Indies will be the first international match to be played at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium. The pitch is expected to stay true throughout the course of the game which is why the team that wins the toss here may elect to bowl first.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Ind vs WI 2nd T20...
India Team News & Playing 11
IND Team News
Bhuvneshwar Kumar missed the first T20 international at Kolkata due to illness and was replaced by Umesh Yadav in the playing eleven. He could be brought back into the side if he gets fit in time for this game. The rest of the line-up is expected to remain unchanged.
IND Key Players
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Lokesh Rahul all failed to fire in the first T20I and India will want them to bounce back with strong performances. Rohit, who cracked two hundreds and a fifty in the preceding ODI series, will be their key man at the top. Manish Pandey seemed to struggle a bit last time and so there will be additional pressure on Dinesh Karthik who has been doing well in the shortest format of late. India's trump card with the ball is going to be none other than Kuldeep Yadav who once again bamboozled the West Indian batsmen. The wrist-spinner starred with a three-wicket haul at Kolkata and he is likely to impress at Lucknow as well. Jasprit Bumrah and Krunal Pandya are the others in this bowling line-up who could finish with good figures.
IND Recent Form
India have begun the ongoing T20I series on a positive note, beating the West Indies by five runs in the opening game at Kolkata. Their bowlers had an outstanding day with almost everyone chipping in with a wicket. However, three of their top four batsmen scored in single-digits which is something that will bother them ahead of this game. This is now India's ninth win in their last ten T20 internationals.
India Predicted Playing 11
Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, K Khaleel Ahmed, Umesh Yadav/Bhuvneshwar Kumar
West Indies Team News & Playing 11
WI Team News
West Indies have been hit with another injury blow as star allrounder Andre Russell has now been ruled out of the ongoing T20I series due to injury. The team added Shai Hope to their squad as replacement for Russell and he is likely to open the batting again with Denesh Ramdin. The Windies have already lost Ashley Nurse who got injured during the ODI series. We expect them to come up with the same playing eleven from last time.
WI Key Players
Fabian Allen was the top-scorer for the Windies with 27 runs in the opening game which shows how poorly they had performed with the bat. This time, they will dearly need their big guns Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer and Kieron Pollard to come good. Pollard is among the leading run-getters for West Indies in T20Is and has a strike-rate of around 129. Both Hetmyer and Hope were the team's best batsmen in the ODI series and it will be crucial that at least one of them plays a big knock here. Carlos Brathwaite, Khary Pierre and Oshane Thomas were impressive with the ball the other night and kept the Windies in the game. Brathwaite was the pick of the lot with 2 wickets for just 11 runs from four overs and the Indian batsmen will be wary of him. Thomas removed both the openers cheaply and he will be expected to do the early damage once again.
WI Recent Form
The five-wicket loss at Kolkata means that West Indies have now lost their third T20 international in a row and seventh out of the nine they have played so far this year. The Windies were reckless with their shot selection last time and their over-aggressiveness led to their undoing. However, they will take heart from their bowling effort as they managed to give the hosts a scare by reducing them to 45-4 in the eighth over.
West Indies Predicted Playing 11
Shai Hope, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite (c), Fabian Allen, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Oshane Thomas
Nov 06, 2018
19:00 IST / 13:30 GMT
Ekana Cricket Stadium - Lucknow, India
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