India vs West Indies, 2nd ODI: India skipper Shikhar Dhawan hails team's performance after win

Shikhar Dhawan praised his team's performance after India registered a two-wicket win over West Indies in the second ODI here on Sunday. Half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson and Axar Patel helped the visitors to a series-clinching win in the three-match series at the Queens Park Oval stadium, while chasing a mammoth 312 to win. "It was a great team performance. Boys didn't lose the self-belief, that is amazing. Iyer, Sanju, Axar everyone was amazing, Even Avesh came out in his debut game and scored those 11 important runs. Thanks to IPL, they perform on a huge stage. I felt that we bowled nicely," said Dhawan in a post-match presentation.

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Axar Patel smashed a whirlwind unbeaten 35-ball 64, his maiden ODI fifty, as India scripted a sensational series-clinching two-wicket win over the West Indies in the second game. Set a stiff target of 312, the visitors were down to 205 for five in 38.4 overs but Patel revived India's chase with his

"They (West Indies) got off to a good start. (Shai) Hope and (Nicholas) Pooran batted well. We thought if they could do it, we knew that we could do it (as well). We started a little slow. Shubman (Gill) batted well. The Iyer-Samson partnership made a huge difference. There was a run-out, but these things happen. Boys are learning," he added. The skipper further congratulated his rival batter Hope for scoring a ton in his 100th ODI game. "It was a great feeling when I scored a 100 in my 100th ODI game. I would want to congratulate Hope for doing the same," said Dhawan. Hope became the tenth batter in the world and the fourth West Indies batter to score a century in his 100th