WEST INDIES – It looks like the Caribbean is now taking up cricket as their religion one island and country at a time. It began with the West Indies embracing the game when they were colonized by the Brits and then realizing that they were effortlessly good at playing it.
The Caribbean is known for their people of good nature, sportsmanship and also the fact that they are very competitive. Its was St. Kitts that hosted the series between West Indies and India and it look like West Indies is going to be taking home the win
West Indies beat India by five wickets in the second T20I here on Monday.
Opting to bowl, Obed McCoy returned with a career-best six-wicket haul as West Indies dismissed Indi a for 138.
Hardik Pandya was the top scorer with a run-a-ball 31, while Rishabh Pant (24) and Ravindra Jadeja (27) also got starts but couldn’t capitalise in a match that was pushed back by three hours due to delay in arrival of team kits.
While McCoy was the most successful bowler with figures of 4-1-17-6, Alzarri Joseph (1/29), Akeal Hosein (1/22) and Jason Holder (1/23) were the other wicket-takers.
In reply, WI overhauled the target with four balls to spare, riding on Brandon King’s 68 and an unbeaten 19-ball 31 off Devon Thomas.
