India fight back to beat Windies, Axar Patel lets loose his bat to score crucial win by 2 Wkts
Hope's ton and Pooran's fifty take WI to 311/6 against India
Trinidad: Axar Patel smashed a whirlwind unbeaten 35-ball 64, his maiden ODI fifty, as India scripted a sensational series-clinching two-wicket win over the West Indies in the second game here.
Set a stiff target of 312, the visitors were down to 205 for five in 38.4 overs but Patel revived India’s chase with his six-hitting prowess to take the visitors home with two balls to spare on Sunday.
Patel smashed five sixes and three fours in his unconquered innings and added 51 off 33 balls with Deepak Hooda (33) to keep India in the hunt. This was after Shreyas Iyer (63) and Sanju Samson (54) tried to take the chase deep with well-paced fifties.
Earlier opener Shai Hope’s splendid century and skipper Nicholas Pooran fifty propelled West Indies to a challenging 311/6 against India in the second ODI here on Sunday.
Hope built all-important 50-odd partnerships with opener Kayle Mayers (39) and Shamarh Brooks (35), covering up his failure in the first ODI. He became the fourth West Indian batsman to score a century in his 100th ODI.
The opener found a perfect partner in Pooran, who adorned an aggressive approach compared to his sedate innings-building knock. The West Indies captain smacked 6 sixes and a boundary in his power-packed innings of 74 off 77 balls.
Both shared a 117-run partnership off 126 balls as he cracked 115 by staying in the crease and cutting loose at the end. He clobbered 8 boundaries and 3 sixes in his 135 runs knock.
Rovman Powell (13) and Romario Shepherd (14) were vigorous enough to ship West Indies over 300 runs mark as the hosts piled up 93 runs in the last 10 overs.
India could hardly fancy their chances of chasing down 312 runs target as the series has already witnessed 300-run totals in three innings so far. Shardool Thakur was the top wicket taker for India with 3 for 54 runs.
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