Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2489dThe Report by Sidharth Monga

Rahane, Kuldeep star in 105-run win

Ajinkya Rahane's third ODI century and Kuldeep Yadav's 3 for 50 helped India thrash West Indies by 105 runs in the second ODI in Port of Spain and take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

AM Rahane
AM Rahane
103(104) 10x4 - 2x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 21 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
5 4 17 13 27 4 13 20
V Kohli
V Kohli
87(66) 4x4 - 4x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 22 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
12 1 5 7 21 14 12 15

Best performances - Bowlers

Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep Yadav
O9
M0
R50
W3
Eco5.55
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
B Kumar
B Kumar
O5
M1
R9
W2
Eco1.80
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy

END OF OVER:
43 | 4 Runs | WI: 205/6 (106 runs required, RR: 4.76)

  • Ashley Nurse19 (25b)
  • Roston Chase33 (37b)
  • Hardik Pandya9-0-32-0
  • Yuvraj Singh5-0-25-0

5.55pm Phew. A long, long day, and an utterly one-sided game. Let's hope the rest of the series is a little more competitive. We'll bring you the third ODI, live, on Friday. Do join us for that, and keep sending in your feedback. Until then, goodbye!

Ajinkya Rahane is the man of the match. "Really happy with the way I played today, even in the first game. Didn't get an opportunity in the Champions Trophy, and I was hungry. It's lovely to open with Shikhar. He's in great form, we understand each other's game really well. We complement each other. Wicket was slightly damp initially. We wanted to take our time initially, as well as play our shots."

Virat Kohli: "It was a complete performance again. The partnership between Ajinkya and Shikhar was outstanding, and myself at the back end, with Yuvi, MS and Kedar chipping in. Early wickets for Bhuvi, and really happy for Kuldeep as well, bowling for the first time and taking three wickets. The bench strength has always been right up there for us. Jinks couldn't get a game in the Champions Trophy unfortunately, but shows his mental strength, steps in and scores runs. We'll sit down and decide as a team about changes that can be made [when asked about Pant]. We'll go to Antigua and regroup, and that's a possibility as well, give a few guys an opportunity."

Jason Holder: "We didn't really bowl that well. We didn't close out the innings well, and we didn't have momentum going at the start of our chase. I thought we were tight to their openers, but Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane are quality players, they played some good shots, beat the infield. Today I probably struggled a little with the wet ball [the high full-tosses]. I thought Shai played really well, he showed good intent, and got good support from Evin Lewis. Good to see Roston Chase coming in at the end and getting some runs as well."

5.34pm This match is officially over now, but it ended hours ago. West Indies lost two wickets in the first three overs of their chase, and were never in it thereafter, except for a brief period when Shai Hope was batting. Take out Hope's 85-ball 81, and the rest of their batsmen scored 115 off 173 balls. A pedestrian effort, in short. Two wickets to Bhuvneshwar, and three to Kuldeep Yadav who was bowling for the first time in ODIs.

42.6
1
Pandya to Nurse, 1 run, ends with a full-toss on off stump, pushed down to long-on for another pointless single
42.5
1
Pandya to Chase, 1 run, in the blockhole again, on off stump, clipped down to long-on
42.4
1
Pandya to Nurse, 1 run, full outside off, Nurse plays a bottom-handed shovel down to long-on
42.3
0
Pandya to Nurse, no run, wide yorker this time. Looks to stab it through point, ends up toe-ending it back towards the bowler
42.2
0
Pandya to Nurse, no run, yorker, goes wide of the crease and attacks the base of off and middle. Digs it out into the gully region
42.1
1
Pandya to Chase, 1 run, low full-toss on off stump, Chase plays a checked drive to long-off

Snehil: "The only thing interesting right now is listening to Dhoni giving advice to the bowlers on where to bowl."

Big win

2

No. of larger victories for India against West Indies, than the 105-run triumph in this game. Both those big wins were in India.

Tough task

272

The highest successful chase at Queen's Park, by WI v Pak in 1988. WI's highest chase is 309 v Pak earlier this year.

Rahane emulates Dravid

2

No. of centuries by India openers in West Indies - 105 by Dravid in Kingston in 2006 and 103 by Rahane today.

Dhawan-Rahane show

6

No. of consecutive 50+ partnerships between Dhawan and Rahane, including today. They have 12 50+ partnerships in 20 innings and average over 75 as a pair.

Rain troubles in Trinidad

3

All the last 3 International games at played at Queen's Park Oval between months of June and August have been interrupted by rain.