The Indian enjoying XI for the second ODI in opposition to West Indies in Barbados on Saturday had a special look as common captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli weren’t a part of it. Hardik Pandya stood in for Rohit, the skipper. “Few questions need to be answered for us, so Virat and Rohit are resting. They can be fresh for the third ODI. The way we bowled was impressive. The way we caught was great, it changed the momentum. I think when you get someone out for 115, it’s a good effort from the bowlers. Our catching was impressive, but we can improve in certain areas. Instead of losing five wickets, we could have lost only two wickets and finished the last game. Sanju Samson and Axar Patel are available for Rohit and Virat,” stand-in captain Hardik Pandya mentioned on the toss.

However, Kohli was not out of motion. He got here onto the sector as a ‘water boy’ when Kuldeep Yadav and Shardul Thakur have been batting.

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Meanwhile, Indian workforce administration’s choice to relaxation skipper Rohit Sharma and premier batter Virat Kohli badly backfired as not one of the World Cup hopefuls might address the tempo, bounce and switch in opposition to the West Indies, managing a dismal 180 in 40.5 overs within the rain-hit second ODI on Saturday.

Losing 5 wickets for 23 runs in simply 7.2 overs after a gap stand of 90 between Ishan Kishan (55 off 55 balls) and Shubman Gill (34 off 49 balls) turned India’s undoing after the West Indies skipper Shai Hope opted to bowl.

The lack of momentum damage India dearly however greater than that, the rationale behind Rohit and Kohli’s compelled break with solely 10 months left earlier than the large occasion, did not make a lot sense. Not to overlook that the failures left extra questions than solutions.

There have been two rain-delays however West Indies bowlers by no means let their depth drop in a powerful show.

While Kishan, who is not going to open throughout World Cup, consolidated his case for choice as second wicket-keeper (offered KL Rahul will get match for World Cup) with a second successive half-century, the identical could not be mentioned about Sanju Samson (9 off 19 balls) and Axar Patel (1 off 8 balls).

Promoted as Nos 3 and 4 to maintain the left-right mixture going, each gamers struggled not solely in opposition to short-ball tactic employed by Jayden Seales (1/28 in 6 overs), Alzarri Joseph (2/35 from 7 overs) and Romario Shepherd (3/37 in 8 overs) but additionally the grip, flip and bounce that spinners Gudakesh Motie (3/36 in 9.3 overs) and Yannic Cariah (1/25 in 5 overs) generated.

With PTI inputs