India vs West Indies, IND Playing XI vs WI, 2nd T20I, India Tour Of West Indies 2022

India vs West Indies, IND Playing XI vs WI, 2nd T20I, India Tour Of West Indies 2022. India will play against West Indies in the 2nd T20I on 1st August 2022 (Monday) at Warner Park, Basseterre on the island of St Kitts. The match will begin at 8 pm IST, with the toss at 7.30 pm IST.

Having clinched the first game comfortably, head coach Rahul Dravid will hope that his side can rally and clinch a 2-0 lead in the series on Monday. Despite the win, however, India had some pressing concerns, especially considering the form of Shreyas Iyer.

The KKR skipper has struggled over the past couple of months, and the team management will have to make a tough call with Sanju Samson and Deepak Hooda available. The KKR skipper managed a four-ball duck which triggered an India collapse before Dinesh Karthik resurrected the Indian innings.

India continued their winning momentum into the T20Is too, winning the first match comfortably by 68 runs. They will look to continue their dream run and win this match too to go ahead 2-0 in the series.

Tarouba’s Brian Lara Cricket Stadium hosted its first-ever international match on 29 July. The Men in Blue were propelled by skipper Rohit Sharma’s 44-ball 64 as well as yet another vital contribution from finisher Dinesh Karthik (41 not out off 19 balls), posting a commanding 190/6 after opting to bat. The visitors restricted West Indies to a low score of 122 runs and registered a victory by 68 runs margin.

India’s experiment to promote Suryakumar Yadav worked well and he played an attacking 16-ball 24-run cameo. Rohit Sharma played some blistering shots and scored 64 runs with wickets falling at the other end on a heap. Finisher Dinesh Karthik played the game-changing knock of 41 runs to build a vital 52-run partnership with Ravichandran Ashwin for the seventh wicket.

Pacers Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, despite going for runs early on, took crucial wickets in the power play and shared 3 wickets between them. The spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, and Ravindra Jadeja ran riot in the middle overs with combined figures of 12-0-74-5 in the 1st T20I match.

It remains to be seen if the team management continues with the trio of Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ravi Bishnoi, or brings in the likes of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav in the 2nd T20I. Harshal Patel may also replace Ravichandran Ashwin if the pitch favours pacers.

India vs West Indies, IND Playing XI vs WI, 2nd T20I, India Tour Of West Indies 2022

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is the leading T20I run-scorer after New Zealand’s Martin Guptill having amassed 3443 runs in 129 T20Is averaging 32,48. He was rested for the preceding ODIs against West Indies but will captain the T20I squad. He has a maximum of 4 tons besides his name.

In the previous T20I series against England, the right-handed batsman scored 66 runs in 3 games at an average of 22.0. Rohit Sharma top scored with 64 off 44 balls in the 1st T20I against West Indies.

Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav may open yet again for the Indian team in the 1st T20I against West Indies. The right-handed batsman failed to score in the recent ODI series against West Indies, getting out for cheap scores in 3 games. He scored 24 off 16 balls in the 1st T20I against West Indies while opening.

However, the right-handed batsman slammed a century in the 3rd T20I of the previous T20I series against hosts England. Suryakumar Yadav scored 171 runs in 3 games averaging 57 in the England series. He has amassed 561 runs in 20 T20Is averaging 37.4. His highest of 117 came in a losing cause against England in the preceding T20I series.

Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant scored oly 14 off 12 balls in the 1st T20I against West Indies while batting at No. 4. He may open yet again or play as a middle-order batter in the 2nd T20I.

Rishabh Pant opened for the first time in T20I cricket during India’s 49-run win over England in the 2nd of a three-match T20I series in Birmingham on Saturday. Rishabh Pant replaced Ishan Kishan in the batting unit and walked out to open with captain Rohit Sharma. The left-hander hit 26 off just 15 balls as India raced to 49 for no loss inside the 5th over. In the 3rd T20I, he scored only 1 off 5 balls.

In 51 T20Is, he has scored 782 runs averaging 22.34 with 3 fifties with a best of 65. He had also scored his maiden ODI ton in the ODIs against England and amassed the most runs – 125 in 2 innings.

Deepak Hooda

Deepak Hooda may replace Shreyas Iyer in the 2nd T20I after Shreyas Iyer registered a 4-ball duck in the 1st T20I. In four T20I innings (6 T20Is) so far in 2022, Deepak Hooda scored 205 runs at an average of 68.33 at a strike rate of 172.66 which includes a record century against Ireland as well.

Shreyas Iyer, on the other hand, scored 931 runs in 39 T20I innings for India at a strike rate of 137.93 with 6 fifties. Shreyas Iyer amassed 161 runs in the ODI series against Windies averaging 53.67 and was the 3rd highest run-getter in the ODI series. However, in T20Is, Shreyas Iyer averages a modest 33.25 in 43 matches with 6 fifties having amassed 931 runs.

Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya might be an all-rounder for the team in the 1st T20I. The right-handed batsman was part of the previous T20I series against England. He scored 63 runs in the 2 games and also picked 5 wickets in the series. Hardik Pandya will bat in the middle order for the team.

He scored only 1 in the 1st T20I against the Windies and was wicketless too. He would like to amend his stats in the next 2 T20Is. He returned to the Indian T20I team after an impressive IPL 2022 and even led in the Ireland T20Is. He has played 64 T20Is and amassed 771 runs averaging 23.36 and picked 48 scalps averaging 27.71.

Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik has been a part of the Indian T20I squad since the South Africa series at home. He was retained in the series against England and now against West Indies. He will slot in at number seven as India’s designated finisher.

Following a stupendous IPL 2022 season for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), during which he clobbered 330 runs at a strike rate of 183.33, Dinesh Karthik earned a recall for the T20I series against South Africa at home.

He didn’t disappoint against Proteas, smashing 92 runs in four innings at an average of 46 and a strike rate of 158.62. The 37-year-old was named the Player of the Match for his blazing 55 off 27 balls in the fourth T20I in Rajkot as India leveled the series 2-2. Dinesh Karthik was MOM against the Windies in the 1st T20I too, scoring a cameo of 41 off 19 balls.

Ravindra Jadeja

Harshal Patel

Harshal Patel might be another pacer for the team in the 1st T20I. The right-arm pacer played in the previous T20I series against England. Harshal Patel hunted 4 wickets in 3 games at an average of 23.25. He will aim for another good performance in the T20I series against West Indies. Harshal Patel may replace Ravichandran Ashwin who picked 2/22 in the 1st T20I if the pitch favour pacers.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be one of the pacers for India in the 2nd T20I as he picked 1/11 in the 1st T20I. The right-arm pacer gave a fabulous performance in the recent T20I series against England. Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked 4 wickets in the series and also won the player of the series award.

The right-arm pacer grabbed the limelight in the India- South Africa T20I series by winning the player of the series award. The right-arm pacer picked 6 wickets in 4 innings. His X-factor was his economy rate, as he conceded runs at an economy of just 6.07.

Ravi Bishnoi

Ravi Bishnoi was one of the drafts picks for Lucknow Super Giants before IPL 2022 mega auctions. At 21 years of age, Ravi Bishnoi has been an exciting prospect in IPL and his impressive show in the last two seasons has handed him an opportunity in the Indian squad as well.

He has picked 13 scalps in 14 games in IPL 2022 averaging 35.08 at an economy rate of 8.44. He has also picked 9 scalps in 7 T20Is averaging 22.78 which came at an economy of 7.32 after debuting in 2022 against the West Indies at home. In IPL, he has 37 scalps from as many games averaging 28.7 playing for Punjab Kings and Lucknow. He picked 2/26 in the 1st T20I against the Windies.

Arshdeep Singh

Arshdeep Singh was left out of the playing XI against West Indies in all three ODI matches. Notably, Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets with an impressive economy rate of 5.14 against England, when he got the opportunity to bowl.

Arshdeep Singh had a groin issue during the England ODIs but was benched after a solitary international appearance in the 1st T20I against England where he took 2/18 in 3.3 overs. Arshdeep Singh was given another chance in the 1st T20I against Windies and he impressed, claiming 2/24. In two games so far, he has claimed four wickets at an average of 10.50 and an economy rate of 5.60.