Captain Virat Kohli led from the front with a brilliant century, his 42nd of the career, to guide India to a comfortable 59-run win over West Indies via Duckworth-Lewis method in the second ODI on Sunday.
ndia continued their dominant run in the ongoing tour of West Indies by taking an unbeatable 1-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series on Sunday. Virat Kohli’s men registered a 59-run win (DLS method) in the 2nd ODI at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain in a rain-affected encounter.
After sweeping the T20I series 3-0, India were left frustrated when the 1st ODI was abandoned due to rain after only 13 overs of action. However, the visitors were in top form and played party poopers in Chris Gayle’s record-breaking 300th ODI appearance.
West Indies were bowled out for 210 after Bhuvneshwar Kumar continued his love affair with the Queen’s Park Oval by picking up 4 wickets in 8-over quota.
Virat Kohli was the show stealer as the India captain led from the front with the bat, hitting his 42nd ODI hundred. Kohli ended his 5-month drought for an ODI hundred with a classy ton during which he also went past Sourav Ganguly on the list of most runs scored in ODIs.
Virat Kohli was once again needed early after he won the toss and opted to bat as Shikhar Dhawan fell in the very first over of the match. The India captain sent out an early warning sign with a crisply-timed cover drive. Kohli kept losing partners but that did not stop him from putting pressure on the West Indies bowlers.
India’s experiment to try Rishabh Pant at No. 4 failed as the wicketkeeper-batsman perished by playing a loose shot when he was batting on 20. However, Shreyas Iyer’s audition for a middle-order spot was successful as the Delhi Capitals captain stitched a match-winning 125-run stand with his captain.
In reply, West Indies wanted their most-capped star Chris Gayle to fire but he failed once again. Gayle went past Brian Lara’s record for the most runs by West Indies batsman in ODIs but perished soon after reaching the landmark. West Indies lost Shai Hope cheaply as well before rain caused a brief interruption.
Following the resumption, West Indies were set a Duckworth Lewis and Stern (DLS) target of 260 in 46 overs. The only periods when West Indies looked threatening during the chase was when Evin Lewis was hitting it cleanly with company from Shimron Hetmyer and then with Nicholas Pooran but Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who enjoys bowling in Trinidad, dented their chase with wickets at regular intervals.
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