New Delhi | Jagran Sports Desk: After exceptional hundreds from opening batsmen Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant yet again left their mark after playing cameos for the Men in Blue as India posted 383/5 in 50 overs in the second T20I held at Vishakhapatnam on Wednesday. The young guns, in particular, went after West Indies bowlers in the 46th and 47th over as the visitors leaked 54 runs in 12 balls. Shreyas Iyer scored 53 runs off 32 balls --his seventh half-century, while Rishabh Pant scored 39 off 16 deliveries.
As mentioned above, Rohit hit his 28th ODI ton while KL Rahul also slammed scored his third ODI ton in the second fixture. Rohit, in particular, scored 159 runs off 138 balls that included 17 fours and five sixes. On his way to his century, the 32-year-old also broke his record of scoring the most number of centuries in a calendar year in India and went past MS Dhoni's record (186 sixes) to score most sixes in ODIs at home. The right-handed batsman has been scoring the highest individual scores for India since 2013.
Meanwhile, his opening partner KL Rahul's innings was filled with calm and composure. He slammed three sixes and eight fours in his innings of 102 runs. The duo shared a partnership of 227 runs for the opening wicket. For West Indies, Sheldon Cottrell scalped two wickets while skipper Kieron Pollard, Joseph and Paul added one wicket to their credit.
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In reply, West Indies got all out for 280 runs in 43.3 overs. Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammad Shami scalped three wickets each. The former also claimed his second hat-trick in international cricket. Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran scored 78 and 75 runs respectively and added 106 runs for the fourth wickets.
The series decider will be held at Cuttack on Sunday.