India-West Indies 2nd T20 today: Team India has a chance to equal Pakistan's record, see the playing-11 of both the teams

Posted on 1st Aug 2022 by rohit kumar

The second match of the five-match T20I series between India and West Indies will be played at Basseterre (St Kitts) on Monday. If Team India, leading 1-0 in the series, wins this match, then it will equal a big record for Pakistan. Before we talk about this record further, let us know how the pitch will be, what will be the condition of the weather and what can be the possible playing-11 of both teams. The match is to start at 8 pm according to Indian timing. The toss will take place at 7:30 pm.

 

West Indies record good in Basseterre, India will play for the first time

 

Team India will land on this ground for the first time to play the match. Hosts West Indies have a good track record here. The Caribbean team has played 10 T20 International matches here. In this it has won 6 and lost 2. 2 matches ended inconclusively.

 

Low Scoring Venue Hai Basseterre

 

Basseterre is a low-scoring ground in terms of T20 Internationals. The average run rate here is just 7.23. The highest team score made here is 182 runs. At the same time, the lowest team score is 45 runs. West Indies have provided better pitches for batting in the ongoing series against India so far. It is possible that scoring runs in today's match may not be as difficult as it has been common here.

 

There is good news on the weather front. The weather is expected to remain clear during the match.

 

Possible playing-11 of both the teams

 

West Indies: Kyle Meyers, Shamar Brooks, Nicholas Pooran (c), Jason Holder, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Odin Smith, Akil Hossain, Keemo Paul/Hayden Walsh Jr, Alzarri Joseph, Obed Macaulay.

 

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, R Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi/Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh.

 

Chance to become the team that won the most matches against West Indies

 

If the Indian team wins this match, then it will equal Pakistan's record in terms of winning most T20 matches against the West Indies. India has played 21 matches against West Indies so far. In this it has won 14 and lost in 6. 1 match has been no result. Pakistan has won 15 out of 21 matches against West Indies. In three he lost and 3 matches were no results. That is, the Indian team will equal Pakistan's record in the event of victory today.

 

Also Read: India breaks Pakistan's world record, and won 12th consecutive series against West Indies

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