West Indies vs India 2023, 2nd T20I: WI vs IND Records and Stats at Providence Stadium in Guyana

India (IND) and West Indies (WI) will face each other in the second T20I on 6^th August at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. The same stadium will be hosting the third match too.

India will be coming into the contest, after losing the first T20 by a small margin of four runs. For India, Tilak Varma was impressive with the bat in the first game scoring 39 runs on his debut while Suryakumar Yadav was the second-top scorer with 21 runs. None of the batters other than these two crossed 20-run mark, eventually letting the game slip.

The duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal were phenomenal in the bowling department, Chahal picking the openers and Kuldeep bowled a threatening spell of 1/20 in his 4 overs. India will look to bounce back to the winning ways in second game now.

West Indies, on the other hand, will be heading into the game on the back of a brilliant bowling performance, defending a very normal total of 149 in the first T20I. First Nicholas Pooran and then skipper Rovman Powell laid the platform in setting a target of 150, as Pooran Smashed 41 runs while Powell aggregated 48 runs, his highest score as captain for WI.

Akeal Hosain started with a sensational bowling spell of 1/17 in 4 overs, removing the dangerous Shubman Gill with a beauty while Holder, Sheperd and Mccoy accounted for 2 wickets each to help WI defend the total. They would look to carry the winning momentum going.

West Indies vs India Head-to-Head Record in T20Is

In 26 games played between the two teams, India dominate the contests with 17 wins to West Indies’ 8 wins while one game has not yielded results.

Records and Stats at the Providence Stadium, Guyana:

The pacers have thoroughly enjoyed bowling at this venue, in a total of 11 matches and 8 completed matches, pace bowlers average 21.74 and have picked 55 wickets while the spinners average 26.40 and have accounted to 35 wickets. Teams batting first have won 3 matches and second batting teams have won 5 games while three games have ended in No-Result. Average first innings score at this venue is 169. Teams here have loved to chase.

WI vs IND, Strategy and Matchups:

One of the most talked matchups is between Nicholas Pooran and Kuldeep Yadav, in total of three innings played between the two, Kuldeep Yadav has won the battle with 2 wickets in 22 balls while giving away just 16 runs. Yuzvendra Chahal has picked Kyle Mayers in all three innings bowled, giving away two runs in six balls. The next big battle is between Hardik Pandya and Jason Holder, in this battle Holder has been the successful warrior with three wickets against Hardik in 21 balls and has leaked only 25 runs.

 WI vs IND Highest and Lowest Totals:

WI highest total against IND is 245 while their lowest total is 95.

IND highest total against WI is 244 while their lowest total is 138.

Top Players to Watch Out For:

West Indies: Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder, Akeal Hossain

India: Suryakumar Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya

WI vs IND, Full Squads

India: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh.

West Indies: Rovman Powell (c), Kyle Mayers (vc), Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Obed McCoy, Nicholas Pooran, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Oshane Thomas.