India vs West Indies 2nd ODI 2019 Highlights

Watch the highlights of India vs West Indies 2nd ODI 2019 - West Indies tour of India 3-match One-day international series of the 2nd ODI match played between West Indies and India at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam in 18th December 2019.

227-run stand for the opening wicket between Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul © STR / AFP

Stunning centuries from Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul before Kuldeep Yadav's hat-trick and Mohammed Shami's three-for helped to India massive 107-run victory over West Indies, despite a Nicholas Pooran's assault and level the series with 1-1 in a historic game of the second ODI.

Match Stats : India's 107-run win was their fifth largest victory by terms of runs against West Indies in One-day internationals. 7 - Number of ODI hundreds for Rohit Sharma in 2019. Only once has any batsman made more in a calendar year. Sachin Tendulkar had scored 9-hundreds in 1998 which is the world record. 159 - Rohit Sharma's score, which is now the highest score among India batsmen this year. He has made the highest individual score for India in each of the last seven calendar years, beginning from 2013. Rohit Sharma's 159 was his eighth 150 + scores in One-day internationals. Rohit Sharma's 159 was his sixth highest score for India in One-day international and his second highest-score against West Indies in ODIs. 3 : Rohit Sharma equalled a joint third most centuries hit by an Indian batsman against West Indies in One-day internationals, jointly with 3 hundreds by Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh. 227 : Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul set up the record first-wicket partnership for India against West Indies in One-day international, previously held by the 196-run stand between Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag at Rajkot in 2002 and India's fourth highest opening stand in ODIs. 227 : The first-wicket partnership between Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, This is India's sixth 200-plus opening partnership in One-day international, Rohit Sharma have been involved in six 200-plus partnership and their third 200-plus partnership against West Indies in ODIs. 106 : Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran set up the eighth highest fourth-wicket partnership for West Indies against India in One-day internationals. India's 387 was their ninth highest in One-day international and it is their second highest total against West Indies in ODIs. Kuldeep Yadav became the first Indian bowler to take two One-day international hat-tricks in cricket history. Before this match, Kuldeep Yadav had taken his first hat trick against Australian at Eden Gardens Kolkata in 2017. Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq, Chaminda Vaas and Trent Boult have taken two ODI hat-tricks whereas Lasith Malinga has taken 3 hat-tricks. Kuldeep Yadav's both hat-tricks comes in the 33rd over of the Australian and West Indies' innings. 31-runs : Number of runs that were scored in the 47th over from Roston Chase, which was the most productive over for India in One-day international cricket history, surpassing the their previous record of 28-runs against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999 and the joint sixth most expensive-over in ODIs. Shreyas Iyer scored 28-runs (6, 6, 4, 6, 6) - the most runs scored by an Indian batsman in an over in One-day internationals cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 25-runs held by Zaheer Khan against Zimbabwe at Jodhpur in 2000. 6 - Number of half-centuries for Shreyas Iyer in his short ODI career - he has played only 9-innings so far. His rapid 53 in this game was his fourth consecutive fifty in ODIs. He has scored 469 runs in his nine innings at average of 52.11 and striking rate of 104.92. The Visakhapatnam ODI game produced the first ever instance of both captains getting out for first-ball ducks in the same match. Both Virat Kohli and Kieron Pollard were out for golden ducks in this ODI. Overall, this is the 12th instance of both captains getting out for ducks in cricket history. West Indies' 280 was their third highest score at Visakhapatnam in One-day internationals.

India scored mammoth total of 387-7 in 50 overs with top scorer by Rohit Sharma 159 - which was his 28th ODI hundred and his third century against West Indies in ODIs.

KL Rahul scored 102 off 104-balls - which was his 3rd ODI hundred, his first century against West Indies in ODIs and also his first ODI hundred in India - including 8-fours and 3-sixes.

Shreyas Iyer scored flurry 53 off 32-balls included 3-fours and 4-sixes, Rishabh Pant - who hammered 15-ball 39-runs with 3-fours and four-sixes with strike rate of 243.75.

West Indies best bowler by Sheldon Cottrell picked up two-wickets 83-runs from his 9-overs, Kieron Pollard, Keemo Paul and Alzarri Joseph each took one wickets.

West Indies scored 280 for all-out in 43.3 overs with top scorer by Shai Hope struck 78 off 85-balls including 7-fours and 3-sixes.

Nicholas Pooran hammered a 75 off 47-balls including 6-sixes & 6-fours with strike rate of 159.57, Keemo Paul scored 46, Evin Lewis 30 and Khary Pierre 21.

India best bowler by Mohammed Shami picked up 3-wickets for 39-runs from 7.3 overs, Kuldeep Yadav - who claimed his second ODI hat-trick, Ravindra Jadeja took 2-wickets and one for Shardul Thakur.

Rohit Sharma named Player of the match for his sensational batting performance to scored a 159-runs off 138-balls including 17-fours and 5-sixes.

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