India vs West Indies, 2nd T20I - Live Chit-chat and Discussions

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When: India vs West Indies, December 8, 2019, Sunday

Where: Greenfields Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

What to expect: The weather will be hot and humid. Cloud cover and possible short spells of rain are not out of the equation. The good thing though is that the stadium has a state-of-art system to absorb water. So, play shouldn't halt for long even if it does.

Team News:

India: Even as the bowlers didn't have a good outing, the team management might look to continue with the same combination. Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav's wait on the bench might extend. And so might be the case for Samson.

Probable XI: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal

West Indies: Nicholas Pooran has served his four-match ban for ball tampering and will be available for selection.

Probable XI: Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard (c), Denesh Ramdin (wk), Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Hayden Walsh, Sheldon Cottrell​

 

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West Indies have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal

 

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West Indies (Playing XI): Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard(c), Jason Holder, Khary Pierre, Hayden Walsh, Sheldon Cottrell, Kesrick Williams

 

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Kieron Pollard: We are gonna bowl first. If you look at it, we want to come out and have a feel of it. We need to restrict them to a low total. We can't be critical on the batsmen, everytime you score 200, you win a game. Hopefully we come out and do things right today. We have some plans for the batsmen, we need to keep them from scoring. We need to execute our yorkers that we have been practising. Pressure is playing in front of thousands. One change, Pooran is back, Ramdin misses out.

 

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Virat Kohli: Not too bad, we would have bowled first as well, dew might be a factor. Toss is an uncontrollable. It's a nice and hard pitch, much drier. I think it should be a pretty good pitch to bat on during the first half. It's not a worry, we haven't defended too many totals in the past. We might not have reacted well. It's a mindset thing, it's all about belief. Every game counts, we'll try to do things that we have not done in the past, we'll try to execute those. I learnt a lot from the last innings. That's the biggest revelation for me - if you never give up, things can change. I am happy to contribute, it might not be your day everyday. It's the same team we are playing with.

 

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