2nd ODI: India vs West Indies at Cuttack
India won the first game in a high scoring thriller with West Indies falling short by just 13 runs. Not even an unbeaten 148 from Shivnarine Chanderpaul could get them victory.
Ramesh Powar comes into the Indian team and presents yet another bowling option and also a handy lower-order batter. This is Powar's first one-day game since October last year. Joginder Sharma is also expected to play in place of S Sreesnath.
In a massive blow to the Windies, Brian Lara is out with a knee problem and opening batsmen Chris Gayle will lead the team. Dwayne Broavo has been passed fit to play and will take his place in the line-up for the 2nd match of the series.
8 of the 12 games played at this ground have been won by the team batting second which presents an interesting statistic so it seems that bowling first may have an advantage.
West Indies will be eager to get a win on the board here to level the series but India will be keen to go 2-0 up. Last time was a high scoring thriller and we should see another close game once again.
India XII: Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, *Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik, +MS Dhoni, Joginder Sharma, Ramesh Powar, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth, Zaheer Khan
West Indies XIV: Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Lendl Simmonds, Devon Smith, Runako Morton, Dwayne Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Smith, +Denesh Ramdin, Daren Powell, Ian Bradshaw, Ryad Emrit (international debut), Jerome Taylor
Umpires: BF Bowden and AM Saheba
3rd Umpire: GA Pratapkumar
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Sunny, 31.
Game starts at 6pm AWDT (2:30pm local time, 9am GMT).
India won the first game in a high scoring thriller with West Indies falling short by just 13 runs. Not even an unbeaten 148 from Shivnarine Chanderpaul could get them victory.
Ramesh Powar comes into the Indian team and presents yet another bowling option and also a handy lower-order batter. This is Powar's first one-day game since October last year. Joginder Sharma is also expected to play in place of S Sreesnath.
In a massive blow to the Windies, Brian Lara is out with a knee problem and opening batsmen Chris Gayle will lead the team. Dwayne Broavo has been passed fit to play and will take his place in the line-up for the 2nd match of the series.
8 of the 12 games played at this ground have been won by the team batting second which presents an interesting statistic so it seems that bowling first may have an advantage.
West Indies will be eager to get a win on the board here to level the series but India will be keen to go 2-0 up. Last time was a high scoring thriller and we should see another close game once again.
India XII: Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, *Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik, +MS Dhoni, Joginder Sharma, Ramesh Powar, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth, Zaheer Khan
West Indies XIV: Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Lendl Simmonds, Devon Smith, Runako Morton, Dwayne Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Smith, +Denesh Ramdin, Daren Powell, Ian Bradshaw, Ryad Emrit (international debut), Jerome Taylor
Umpires: BF Bowden and AM Saheba
3rd Umpire: GA Pratapkumar
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Sunny, 31.
Game starts at 6pm AWDT (2:30pm local time, 9am GMT).