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IND vs WI 2nd T20I Dream11 Team Prediction and Probable XI: Preview

Hello and Welcome to our preview for India vs West Indies 2nd T20I match. We are covering IND vs WI 2nd T20I Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the second T20I match of the series. The match is to be played at Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

Windies gave a tough fight to the Indian team in the first T20I despite scoring a low total and the home team will not take them lightly anymore. We now move into the second T20I which will be hosted at the new stadium of Lucknow. This will be the first match at this ground.

India chose to field first after winning the toss. They made early in-roads and sent back three Windies batsmen inside the powerplay. The Indian spinners then continued the demolition job and kept chipping away at the wickets. Kuldeep Yadav was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets. Bumrah, debutant Krunal Pandya, Khaleel all were impressive while Umesh was expensive.

In reply, India lost both the openers early. After Pant and KL Rahul’s dismissal, Manish Pandey and Dinesh Karthik started the rebuilding job. Once Pandey got out, the Indian team was in a shaky position but Karthik handled the situation brilliantly. Krunal Pandya scored a whirlwind 21 from nine balls to take India across the winning line.

When and Where:

IND VS WI, 2nd T20I, Windies Tour of India, 2018
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
07:00 PM IST, November 6th, 2018

Venue Stats:

This will be the first international match at this venue.

Squads:

IND:
Rohit Sharma (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Manish Pandey, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, K Khaleel Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Shreyas Iyer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem.

WI:
Denesh Ramdin (wk), Carlos Brathwaite (c), Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, Rovman Powell, Fabian Allen, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Oshane Thomas, Nicholas Pooran, Obed McCoy, Sherfane Rutherford.

Team News:

India:

Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni have been rested for this series.

India will be playing at their full-strength and try to seal the series in this match itself.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be taking place of Umesh Yadav in this match.

Remaining playing XI is likely to be the same.

Windies:

Andre Russell has been ruled of the series and will take no further part.

WI could drop Denesh Ramdin and replace him with Sherfane Rutherford or Nicholas Pooran to strengthen the batting.

Bowling attack could remain the same considering this is a new pitch.

Probable Playing XI:

IND:
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed.

WI:
Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran/Denesh Ramdin (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite (c), Fabian Allen, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Oshane Thomas.