‘Worth a sleep sacrifice’ – Twitter praises India as they win another thriller against West Indies
West Indies and India locked horns in the second ODI at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad. After winning the toss, the hosts batted first. They had a decent start as openers, […]
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Jul 25, 2022 9:31 am
Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj (Image Credit : Twitter)
West Indies and India locked horns in the second ODI at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad. After winning the toss, the hosts batted first. They had a decent start as openers, Kyle Myers and Shai Hope stitched a partnership of 65 runs. The former scored 39 off 23 balls before being caught and bowled by Deepak Hooda. Shamarh Brooks came in and added another 62 runs.
He scored 35 off 36 balls before being caught at slips by skipper Shikhar Dhawan off Axar Patel. Brandon King (0) tried to play the slog sweep but failed. At 130/3, skipper Nicholas Pooran and Hope stitched a partnership of 117 runs. Pooran (74) was going well before being clean bowled down the leg side of Shardul Thakur. Rovman Powell came and scored 13 off 10 balls before becoming the second victim of Thakur.
Hope reached his third century against the Men In Blue and 13th overall. The right-hander scored 115 off 135 balls including eight fours and three sixes. He was caught at long-off by Patel off Thakur in the penultimate over. The home team scored 311/6. In reply, the visitors got off to a slow start as Dhawan (13) was playing too many dot balls. The openers, Dhawan and Gill stitched a partnership of 48 runs in 10 overs.
The former was finally caught at deep third man by Myers off Romario Shepherd. Gill (43) did well once again before being caught and bowled by Myers. Suryakumar Yadav (9) once again failed to create an impact as he chopped onto the stumps facing Myers. Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer put together 99 runs for the fourth wicket. Iyer (63) scored another half-century of the series before being trapped lbw by Alzarri Joseph.
Samson (54) scored his maiden half-century before being run out. At this stage, the required run rate was around 10 per over. Patel and Hooda (33) added 51 runs before the latter was caught at backward point by Hayden Walsh Jr off Akeal Hosein. On the other hand, Patel scored an unbeaten 64 off 35 balls including three fours and five sixes and took the team over the line with two wickets in hand.
This is how Twitter reacted
In close games, Siraj and Axar have delivered wins; Samson and Hooda have played good hands in unfamiliar roles; Shreyas is making himself difficult to leave out; Gill has made a case. And Shikhar just owns this format.
Two tight matches, two wins showcase India’s depth of talent as well as ambition. Dhawan, Hooda, Iyer, Gill, Samson, Axar, Chahal all coming good when needed
Axar Patel’s knock was one of the finest knocks that you’d see in a run-chase. The clarity of thought. The confidence with which he managed the chase…’incredible’ is falling short to define it. Brilliant, Bapu 😊😊
Man that’s got to hurt players and fans. Still work to be done on death bowling and batting tempo. But little improvements happening. Good pitches. Congrats to India on a series win and Axar Patel for a brilliant knock✊🏽.
