Thiruvananthapuram: India captain Virat Kohli criticised his teammates' fielding performance in the second T20 International against the West Indies, saying they need to be more "brave" or else no amount of runs would be defendable. Washington Sundar, at mid-off, and Rishbh Pant, behind the stumps, dropped catches off successive deliveries from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and the Indian bowlers were taken to the cleaners by Lendl Simmons (67 no off 45 balls), Evin Lewis (40 off 35 balls) and Nicholas Pooran (38 no off 18 balls). The hosts lost the match by eight wickets here on Sunday.

"If we field so poorly, no amount of runs will be enough. We were poor in the field during the last two games. We dropped two catches [Sundar and Pant] in one over. Imagine if they lost two in the same over, that could have increased pressure," Kohli said in the post-match presentation. "Everyone saw we need to be more brave in fielding," he added.