India vs West Indies 2022

There were plenty of delays during India's innings, with the visitors forced to hit out late after a weather break saw the match initially reduced to 40 overs per side. Another rain delay at the end of the 36th over saw India's innings completed even earlier, with the visitors posting a decent total of 225/3 from their allotted overs.

India, who are leading the series 2-0, made one change in their playing XI as Prasidh Krishna came in place of Avesh Khan for this game. "We will bat first. We would like to post a good score. The best thing is everything is performing, nice to see that. That's a big positive for us, happy with that. I feel that intent is important, but at the same time you need to be smart," said Dhawan at the toss.

Needing 6 off the last three deliveries, Axar smashed a massive six off Kyle Mayer's full toss delivery as India took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. With this six, the 28-year-old all-rounder shattered former India captain MS Dhoni's 17-year-old record. Axar smashed 5 sixes and 3 boundaries which is now the most by an India batter at No.7 or lower in a successful ODI chase.

Though with the duo's fall, India looked in danger of missing the target, an unbeaten 64 from Axar Patel took the visitors over the line to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.With talismanic batter Virat Kohli rested for the series, Iyer made the most of his opportunities of batting at number three in the series, scoring back-to-back fifties and insisting that batting in top-order is fun."I was really happy to get what score I got, but really unhappy with the way I was dismissed. I thought I could have taken the team through easily.

After the match, captain Nicholas Pooran rued the inability of his team to keep India quiet in the final few overs of the match. "We lost it in the last overs, Axar played well and we didn't hold our nerves. We could not keep things down in the last five overs. We felt that it got easier to hit spinners. We gambled with Akeal bowling against left-handers. One wicket would have opened up things but Axar played brilliantly."

Chasing a mammoth 312 for victory in a 50-over game is always an uphill task and India were in a sport of bother when they required 100 from the last 10 overs with Axar Patel and Deepak Hooda at the crease and just five wickets remaining on Sunday night (IST). But the two combined patience with pluck and found the boundaries when needed to chase down the target with just two balls remaining. Earlier Shai Hope's century and Kyle Mayers' quick-fire 39 had given the hosts a confident start after they won the toss and opted to bat first.

On the pitch where they lost by three runs in the first ODI on Friday, Hope, who became the tenth batter and fourth from the West Indies to score a century in his 100th match in the format, and Pooran dazzled under the bright Sunday sun to post a challenging chase for India. For the visitors, Shardul Thakur took 3-54 while the spin troika of Axar Patel, Deepak Hooda and Yuzvendra Chahal took a wicket each.

Richie Richardson of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after India were ruled to be one over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration. "In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time," said an official release from the ICC.

Sunday's match is being played on the pitch which was used in the first ODI on Friday, which India won in a thrilling fashion by three runs. After winning the toss, Pooran said leg-spinner Hayden Walsh Jr. comes in for left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie in the playing eleven. An official update from the West Indies team said Walsh Jr, originally a reserve player, was added to the ODI squad as Motie suffered a fractured thumb during Friday's match.

After the match, captain Nicholas Pooran said the match result felt "like a win" for his side despite ending up on the losing side. West Indies had entered the series against India in Trinidad after their 3-0 defeat to Bangladesh in Guyana earlier this month. He added that using full batting quota of 50 overs and coming close to 308 were the biggest positives for the hosts.