India thrash West Indies by 107 runs, Kuldeep picks a hat-trick

At one stage, the West Indies openers were cruising in the run chase but Kuldeep and Shami picked up five wickets in quick succession to derail their chase.

Hyderabad: Kuldeep Yadav's second ODI hat-trick and Mohammed Shami's two wickets in two balls helped India beat the West Indies by 107 runs in the second ODI in Vizag on Wednesday.

At one stage, the West Indies openers were cruising in the run chase but Kuldeep and Shami picked up five wickets in quick succession to derail their chase. The Indian bowlers tidied things up after the first powerplay and clinched three quick wickets, pushing the visitors on the backfoot.

The West Indies openers Evin Lewis and Shai Hope scored 56 runs in first 10 overs against India in the 2nd ODI in Vizag on Wednesday. Shardul Thakur got India the first breakthrough when he removed Evin Lewis in the 11th over of the innings.

KL Rahul

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.

Rohit Sharma

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.

Shreyas Iyer

Rohit went on to score his eighth one-fifty plus score in the fifty overs format. After him, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer took the charge on the Windies bowler. Pant scored 16 balls 39 with four maximums and three boundaries.

Iyer, who scored his fourth consecutive fifty in ODI, smashed most runs off an over in ODIs by an Indian when he scored 31 runs off the bowling of Rostan Chase to give a perfect end to the innings.

For the West Indies Pollard, Joseph, and Keemo Paul each picked up a wicket. While Sheldon Cottrell took two wickets. The left-arm pacer however leaked runs at an economy of 9.22.

This will be an interesting chase for the West Indies as their batters are in form Team India can not write-off the visitors.