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'Abb toh jeet gaye World Cup' - Fans react as West Indies beat India by 6 wickets in second ODI at Barbados

West Indies beat India by 6 wickets to tie the three-game ODI series 1-1 at Barbados. Here's how fans reacted.

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Team India suffered a setback by 6 wickets against West Indies in the second ODI of the series at the Kensington Oval, Barbados. With the win, West Indies have tied the series at 1-1 with one game to go which will now be the series decider. The hosts elected to field first upon winning the toss and dropped a great bowling attack to restrict the visitors to 181 before bundling them out inside 41 overs.

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Ishan Kishan top-scored with a run-a-ball 55, including six fours and a six. His opening partner Shubman Gill added 34 off 49, including five boundaries. The opening partnership added 90 runs for India in 16.5 overs. Therefore, India did get a decent start on a difficult surface. However, they suffered a batting collapse as eight wickets were lost for the next 91 runs. Gudakesh Motie and Romario Shephard scalped three wickets each, recording figures of 3/36 and 3/37, respectively. Alzarri Joseph followed closely with figures of 2/35. Each Jayden Seales and Yannic Cariah scalped one wicket each while Kyle Mayers remained wicketless in his five-over spell.

Shai Hope with 63* off 80 balls was awarded the ‘Man of the Match’

In response, West Indies cruised to the target within 37 overs. Skipper Shai Hope remained not out at 63 off 80, including two fours and two sixes. Alongside him, Keacy Carty at 48 off 65, including four boundaries helped the team over the finishing line. Earlier, Kyle Mayers had set up the foundation of the chase with 36 off 28, including four boundaries and two maximums. His opening partner could not influence the game too much falling for 15 off 23 after a 50+ opening stand.

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As far as India’s bowling is concerned pace bowling allrounder Shardul Thakur returned with the best figures of 3/42 in eight overs. Kuldeep Yadav scalped the only other wicket that fell for the Windies whereas five Indian bowlers – Hardik Pandya, Mukesh Kumar, Umran Malik, Ravindra Jadeja, and Azar Patel remained wicketless. The final ODI will be played at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy Stadium in Trinidad on Tuesday, August 1.

Here’s how fans reacted:

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