IND vs WI Dream11 Team Prediction, Playing XI & Key Players: 2nd T20I

IND vs WI Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview: 2nd T20I

India and West Indies will face off in the second T20I at Lauderhill in Florida. We will provide IND vs WI Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the match.

Unlike the history of the venue, Pitch was quite slower in the first T20 resulting in a difficult time for batsmen. Batting first, Windies openers got out on duck along with Hetmyer. However, Keiron Pollard played a crucial knock of 49 runs and was supported by Pooran to take the team to a below-par total of 95. Debutant Navdeep Saini took three wicket-haul while Bhuvi took two scalps in this clinical bowling show.

In the chase, Indian batsmen also crumbled due to uneven pitch and lost six wickets but were successful in chasing the target. Rohit Sharma scored 24 while Manish Pandey and Virat Kohli scored 19 runs each. With the ball, Pace duo of Cottrell and Keemo Paul along with Narine took two wickets apiece. Team India will hope to continue their domination over the Carribean side. On the other hand, Windies will be eager to bounce back and put a reasonable effort with bat to challenge the mighty Indian team.

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When and Where:

IND vs WI, 2nd T20I, India tour of West Indies 2019.
Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida
4th August 2019, 8:00 PM.
Live Score

Venue Stats:

Matches won batting first: 6
Matches won bowling first: 2

Average 2nd innings score: 166
Average 2nd innings score: 125

Pitch was very slow and bowing-friendly in the first T20. However, Smaller dimensions can act in favor of hard-hitting batsmen.

Squads:

IND:
Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini.

WI (for first two T20Is):
Carlos Brathwaite (c), Anthony Bramble, John Campbell, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Sunil Narine, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Rovman Powell, Jason Mohammed, Oshane Thomas.

Team News:

India:

Team India has rested young guns like Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Chahal and Kuldeep for the T20I series.
Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma will open the innings. Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, and Rishabh Pant will follow them.
Krunal Pandya, R Jadeja, and W Sundar will play the role of an allrounder.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the pace to attach along with Saini and Khaleel. Krunal, R Jadeja and W Sundar will handle the spin attack.
The team is unlikely to tinker the combination. However, KL Rahul can be added in the playing XI in place of M Pandey to strengthen the batting department.

Windies:

Experienced T20 stars Pollard and Narine return for Windies while Andre Russell is ruled out due to injury.
The team can give a chance to Jason Mohammed replacing either Campbell or Powell.
John Campbell and Evin Lewis can open the innings. N Pooran, K Pollard, S Hetmyer, Rovman Powell and Carlos Brathwaite will follow them.
Kieron Pollard, C Brathwaite, and S Narine will play the role of an allrounder.
Sheldon Cottrell, Keemo Paul, and Oshane Thomas will spearhead the pace attack along with Brathwaite and Pollard. Sunil Narine will be the sole spinner for the team.

Probable Playing XI:

IND:
Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Manish Pandey/S Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, W Sundar/Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed.

WI:
John Campbell, Evin Lewis, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell/J Mohammed, Carlos Brathwaite (c), Sunil Narine, Keemo Paul, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas.

Key Players:

Wicket-Keeper:

Primary Options: Nicholas Pooran and Rishabh Pant.

N Pooran is a very talented batsman and has a habit of playing big knocks at an attacking strike rate. His recent form is perfect. He scored attacking 20 in the first T20.

Rishabh Pant is a destructive batsman and can be lethal in this small ground with his six-hitting ability. He got out on a golden duck in the last encounter.

Batsmen for IND vs WI Dream11 Prediction 2nd T20:

Primary Options: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Evin Lewis, K Pollard, S Hetmyer

Skipper Virat Kohli is one of the most consistent and best batsmen in the world. He will be eager to score plenty of runs in this tour. He scored 19 in the last match.

Rohit Sharma is in his best form and was the top scorer of WC’2019. He will be a must-pick in WI vs IND Dream11 team. Yesterday, He gave an excellent start to the team scoring 24 runs.

Shikhar Dhawan returns from injury and will open for India. His form was right before the injury but failed in the first match.

Evin Lewis is very attacking batsmen and will lead the Windies batting line-up from the front. He has a good record against India and also on this ground. He failed in the last match.

T20I specialist Keiron Pollard can score quick runs and can also bowl a few overs of medium pace. He has performed well in T20 leagues. He played the best knock of yesterday scoring crucial 49 runs.

S Hetmyer has performed well for Windies and is an outstanding player of this format. He failed in the last match.

Other Options: M Pandey, KL Rahul, J Campbell

Manish Pandey is likely to bat in the middle order for India and is in good form recently. He scored 19 in the last match.

KL Rahul will bat in the middle order and is an outstanding performer in the T20I format. He has already scored a century at this ground in the last tour, may get a chance tomorrow.

John Campbell is likely to open for Windies. He is an average batsman and scored 0 runs yesterday.

All-rounders for WI vs IND Dream11 Team:

Primary Options: Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Carlos Brathwaite, W Sundar

Krunal Pandya is a right spin all-rounder and can be useful in both the departments. He performed well in first T20 taking a wicket along with a maiden and scored 12 runs with the bat.

R Jadeja is in excellent form and will hope to replicate it in the T20 format. He bowled well yesterday taking one scalp and also bowled a maiden along with 10* runs with the bat.

Skipper Brathwaite has the talent to contribute with the bat as well as the ball. He was in good form in WC’19 and scored many brilliant cameos. He failed to make an impact in the first T20.

Washington Sundar can be lethal against left-handers in Windies line-up. He took early breakthrough for India yesterday.

Other Options: Rovman Powell

Rovman Powell is an attacking batsman but is not in good form recently. He will not bowl enough overs.

Bowlers for India vs West Indies T20 Dream11 Prediction:

Primary Options: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Cottrell, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Keemo Paul.

Bhuvi will lead the pace attack in the absence of Bumrah and can be useful in initial as well as death overs. He can also be handy with the bat. He took two scalps in the last match.

Sunil Narine is a brilliant allrounder. He will do late hitting for his team and bowl his quota of overs with his witty spin. He has a good record against Rohit Sharma and was victorious against him yesterday too and took two scalps.

Sheldon Cottrell is in good form and can trouble batsmen with his swing and bounce. He took two wickets in the first T20.

Man of the match on debut Navdeep Saini bowled fine yesterday taking three wicket-haul. He also bowled a maiden.

Khaleel Ahmed was in lethal form in IPL and ‘A’ tour. He took one scalp yesterday in his two-over spell.

Pace bowler Keemo Paul has many variations and can also be very active with the bat. He got two wickets yesterday.

Other Options: Oshane Thomas, Rahul Chahar, Deepak Chahar.

Oshane Thomas is a good player of T20 format and can chip in with regular wickets.

Rahul Chahar is an exciting leg-spinner. He can make his debut for India.

Deepak Chahar bowls exceedingly well in initial overs and can demolish Windies line-up on his day. He is likely to get a chance in the upcoming matches.