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2nd ODI: Prasidh Krishna stars as India take unbeatable series lead against West Indies

Bowlers shine as India defend 237 to pocket one-day series 2-0Let's have more of things please. A 50-50 pitch with bounce and grass. A side losing the toss and struggling to score 237. The other trying to make the most of it to chase it down but falling short. The fielding captain using attacking and imaginative fields, manoeuvring his bowlers and protecting his part-timer. SCORECARD | AS IT HAPPENEDThe monotonous ODI game, so influenced by T20 cricket and tall scores, got a booster in the form of the second ODI at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. For the record, India won the contest by 44 runs, thanks to an inspired spell of 4/12 in nine overs from the tall Prasidh Krishna. To use an abused cliché, cricket was the real winner.

India vs West Indies 2nd ODI Live Score: Deepak Hooda Removes Shamarh Brooks As India Take Control vs West Indies

IND vs WI 2nd ODI Live Score: Deepak Hooda took his first wicket in international cricket as India edged closer to a win over the West Indies in the ongoing second ODI at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Chasing a target of 238, West Indies are six wickets down despite starting of well in the first powerplay. Prasidh has taken three wickets so far while Yuzvendra Chahal and Shardul Thakur have also picked a wicket each so far. Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav's knock of 64 had guided India to a total of 237 for nine in 50 overs. He and KL Rahul added 91 runs for the fourth wicket after India's top-order failure. Deepak Hooda played a decent cameo down the order as India managed to reach a respectable total. Initially, West Indies had won the toss and stand-in skipper Nicholas Poora elected to bowl. India lead the three-match series 1-0. KL Rahul returned to the team to replace Ishan Kishan, while Kieron Pollard is out for the West Indies due to a niggle. Nicholas Pooran was given the responsibility to lead the side. (LIVE SCORECARD)

Captain Kieron Pollard Out As West Indies Choose To Bowl Against India In 2nd ODI

The West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl against India in a bid to keep their one-day international series alive Wednesday despite losing skipper Kieron Pollard to a niggle. Nicholas Pooran stands in as skipper and Odean Smith replaces Pollard for the tourists, who lost the opening ODI of the three-match series in Ahmedabad.

India vs West Indies 2nd ODI Live Score: India Captain Rohit Sharma Out Cheaply After WI Opt To Bowl

IND vs WI 2nd ODI Live Score: India are a wicket down against the West Indies in the ongoing second ODI at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Rohit Sharma failed to replicate his exploits from the first ODI as he was dismissed by Kemar Roach. Having won the series opener comprehensively on Sunday, India will look to take unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. KL Rahul returns to the team to replace Ishan Kishan, while Kieron Pollard is out for the West Indies due to a niggle. Earlier, West Indies won the toss and stand-in skipper Nicholas Pooran opted to bowl. (LIVE SCORECARD)

India vs West Indies: Jason Holder feels Windies batters should put bigger prize on their wickets

West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder, who top scored in the first ODI against India here, feels that their batters should put a bigger prize on the wickets in the remaining two games. Once again West Indies failed to bat all the 50 overs and were shot out for a meagre 176 in just 43.5 overs. Eventually, the visitors lost the game by six wickets to go 0-1 down in the three-match series. “We just got to put a bigger prize on our wicket, too many soft dismissals in the innings today (on Sunday). The pitch was a little difficult to start off but more or less we still got to dig a little-bit deeper, put (up) a much better fight. "We got a couple of days off and come back stronger,” Holder told a select group of reporters in his post-match comments on Sunday.

Watch: How Virat Kohli Persuaded Captain Rohit Sharma To Take DRS In India's 1st ODI vs West Indies

Virat Kohli made a crucial intervention to persuade his successor as India captain, Rohit Sharma, to make a correct call under the Decision Review System (DRS) in the team's opening ODI against the West Indies in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The incident took place in the 22nd over of West Indies' innings when Shamarh Brooks seemed to have nicked a Yuzvendra Chahal delivery to India wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant. The umpire, however, didn't lift the finger and even the Team India players seemed unsure of whether there was an outside edge.

1000th ODI: India coast to six-wicket victory against West Indies

India tick the right boxes, go 1-0 up in seriesIn 15 ODIs before Sunday, the West Indies had been bowled out before their full quota of overs nine times. Sunday, India's historic 1000th ODI at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad turned out to be the 10th. For a team that was coming from a high of beating England in the T20 series at home, it was a disappointing performance as there were too many soft dismissals as they crashed to 176 all out in 43.5 overs. That total too was possible largely to the skill of the highly dependable Jason Holder and the application shown by Fabian Allen, who rescued them with a 78-run stand from a perilous 79 for 7, on a dryish but decent surface. AS IT HAPPENEDThe hosts, led by a breezy 60 from Rohit Sharma, who did everything right, including winning the toss, got home in 28 overs with six wickets to spare. Apart from a chaotic four-ball spell where a hyper-aggressive Virat Kohli got two boundaries, and got bounced once before miscuing a hook to deep square-leg off the pacy Alzarry Joseph, who had dismissed Rohit earlier in the over by trapping him leg-before off a delivery that hurried him, the chase never looked out of control.

Challenge yourself, be innovative: New ODI skipper Rohit's advice to his players

Rohit Sharma on Sunday urged his players to be innovative and challenge themselves after he began his new innings as white-ball captain with a six-wicket thrashing of the West Indies in the first ODI here. Returning to action after recovering from a hamstring injury, Rohit hit a 51-ball 60 as India chased down 176 in 28 overs for a comfortable win in India's 1000th ODI. "We want to keep getting better as a team. The end goal is we should be able to achieve what the team wants. If the team requires us to do something different, we have to do it. Don't think we have to change a lot," Rohit said during the post-match presentation. "All I ask from players is to keep challenging themselves and be a little more innovative and try different things, so that when situation arises guys are up for it."

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2nd ODI: Prasidh Krishna stars as India take unbeatable series lead against West Indies

India vs West Indies 2nd ODI Live Score: Deepak Hooda Removes Shamarh Brooks As India Take Control vs West Indies

Captain Kieron Pollard Out As West Indies Choose To Bowl Against India In 2nd ODI

India vs West Indies 2nd ODI Live Score: India Captain Rohit Sharma Out Cheaply After WI Opt To Bowl

India vs West Indies: Jason Holder feels Windies batters should put bigger prize on their wickets

Watch: How Virat Kohli Persuaded Captain Rohit Sharma To Take DRS In India's 1st ODI vs West Indies

1000th ODI: India coast to six-wicket victory against West Indies

Challenge yourself, be innovative: New ODI skipper Rohit's advice to his players