Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul starred with the bat, scoring centuries, while Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Shami led with the ball which helped India beat the West Indies by 107 runs in the second ODI in Vizag on Wednesday. Kuldeep Yadav's second ODI hat-trick and Mohammed Shami's two wickets in two balls helped India level the three-match series 1-1. The West Indies openers Evin Lewis and Shai Hope gave their side solid start as they scored 56 runs in first 10 overs. Shardul Thakur got India the first breakthrough when he removed Evin Lewis in the 11th over. Pooran scored quick-fire 75 runs, while Hope also completed his fifty to give India some nervy moments. Their stand helped West Indies put up a strong fight but Kuldeep and Shami picked up five wickets in quick succession to derail their mammoth run chase. Eventually, the West Indies were bowled out for 280 runs. Earlier, centuries from Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul helped India post 387/5 in the must-win game. The openers got India off to a flying start in the second ODI as they put on a 227-run stand for the opening wicket. Rohit completed his 28th ODI hundred, while Rahul scored his 3rd century in the 50-over format. This was Rohit's eighth 150-plus score in ODIs -- most by any batsman in the world. During his knock, Rohit also surpassed MS Dhoni on the list of most sixes by an Indian in home ODIs. Rahul fell soon after completing his century and India skipper Virat Kohli departed for a golden duck. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer's cameo towards the end helped India to a sizable total. (SCORECARD)
Highlights Between India vs West Indies 2nd ODI, straight from Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Virat Kohli said he would want the players to improve the catching. Rohit Sharma gets the man of the match award. This brings our coverage to an end. Don't forget to join us for the decider on December 22, Sunday.
Mohammed Shami bowls a perfect yorker to uproot Keemo Paul's stumps and inflict an all-out on the visitors. India win the match by 107 runs to level the three-match series 1-1.
Shreyas Iyer bowls another poor ball and Keemo Paul smashes it down the ground and collects four more runs. Iyer gave away 13 runs in his first over and Kohli would not like to bowl him after this.
Shreyas Iyer comes in to bowl and looks like he will bowl leg-spin. He starts the over by pitching the ball half-way down the ground and Keemo Paul clears the deep square leg fence to add six more runs to his kitty.
Mohammed Shami misses his yorker slightly and Keemo Paul launches a ferocious shot down the ground and the ball races to the fence like a trace of bullet.
Similar ball and similar treatment. Thakur persists with his slower ball and Khary Pierre tries same shot, gets lucky as the ball goes over keeper's head and fetches him same result.
Shardul Thakur bowls slower bouncer and Khary Pierre tries to pull him, only gets a top edge which flies away from the keeper and rolls over the ropes.
Kuldeep Yadav finishes his quota of 10 overs with 3/52. He picked wickets when India needed them the most and his wickets have put India in the driver's seat.
Kuldeep Yadav bowls a flighted delivery and Keemo Paul sends it deep into the stands for almost a 100-meter six. He bent his knees and slog swept it over deep mid-wicket fence.
Kuldeep Yadav deceives Alzarri Joseph with a wrong-un to complete his second ODI hat-trick. Joseph edged the ball straight to the second slip. The Indian camp in delighted as he became the first Indian bowler to claim two hat-tricks in ODIs.
Mohammed Shami forces Shai Hope to hit the ball in the air and Indian skipper's athleticism almost took him near the ball. The ball raced away to the fence after clipping his hand.
Mohammed Shami brings Nicholas Pooran's quick-fire knock of 75 runs to an end. Pooran went for another big hit and is caught right on the fence by Kuldeep Yadav.
KL Rahul's poor fielding effort on the fence gifts the West Indies four more runs. With the help of two boundaries, the visitors have collected 11 more runs in the over.
Nicholas Pooran makes the full use of the chance Deepak Chahar gifted by dropping his catch. What's worse is that he brought up his half-century by smashing him for a cracking boundary.
Both the West Indies players are dealing in sixes only, with Nicholas Pooran taking the more aggressive approach. He has smashed Ravindra Jadeja for two big hits already and collects four more runs on the last ball to make it a 16-run over.
The West Indian players have opened the flood-gate here as they have started to take their chances and it has paid dividends so far. They collected six runs off the final ball of the last over and have started the over in style with a six.
Nicholas Pooran gets a life as Deepak Chahar drops a sitter despite settling himself underneath the ball. Kohli and Jadeja are not happy with the poor effort. The fielding has been a real cause of concern for the hosts as they have dropped way too many.
Nicholas Pooran starts Ravindra Jadeja's over with a boundary towards mid-wicket and then punches it wide of the extra cover fielder to collect the second boundary in the over.
Kuldeep Yadav beats Shai Hope with the googly and it hits him on the front pad. Pant and Kuldeep convince Kohli to go for a review and it turns out it was a bad call. India lose their review as the ball would have gone on to miss the stumps.
Shai Hope brings up his 15th ODI half-century with a single off the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja. It has been a cautious but important knock for both him and his team.
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