In a rain shortened second ODI , India easily beat host West Indies by 7 wickets with 20 balls remaining on Wednesday, 8th June, 2011 at Port of Spain. WI made 240/9 in 50 overs and IND made 183/3 in 33.4 overs overs.
West Indies got a good start by Simmons 53 and Edwards 25 runs and they were 175/2 in 36 overs as Sarwan also hit 56 runs, however they lost 4 wickets for just 5 runs in the power play and they were struggling at 197/7 bu captain Sammy took them to a competitive total of 240 with 19 ball 22 runs. Amit Mishra bowled superbly with 31-4 getting good turn while Munaf Patel also bowled well for his 3-35.
In reply, India lost Dhawan early but Parthiv and Kohli put 120 runs in 25 overs scored 56 runs and 81 runs respectively. Match was hit by several rain intervals and match shortened to 37 overs with a revised target of 183 runs by D/L method and Raina 26* and Rohit 7* comfortably cross the line with 20 balls remaining and take a 2-0 lead in 5 match series.
Match Summary:
West Indies - 240/9 in 50 overs (Sarwan 56, Simmons 53, Mishra 4-31, Munaf 3-35)
India - 183/3 in 33.4 overs (Kohli 81, Partiv 56, Rampaul 1-32)
Toss - India, who chose to bowl first.
Man of the Match - Virat Kohli (India)
Result - India won by 7 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
Series - India led the 5-match series 2-0.
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