Obed McCoy snares 6 wickets as WI beat India in 2nd T20I

Leftarm paceman Obed McCoy decimated a starstudded Indian batting lineup with sensational careerbest figures of 6 for 17 as West Indies equalised the fivematch series with a fivewicket victory in the second T20I hereMcCoy wreaked havoc in his two spells as India after being put into bat were bundled out for 138 in 194 overs on MondayThe target was never going to be a problem for the West Indies batters as opener Brandon King smashed 68 off 52 balls but the hosts stuttered during the backend before Devon Thomas unbeaten 31 off 19 balls sealed it in his teams favour hitting a six and a four off Avesh KhanIt was Arshdeep singh who bowled a lethal yorker to castle the dangerous Rovman Powell and set it up nicely for Avesh to defend 10 runs but a noball off the first delivery derailed Indias bid to pull off a heistPut into bat in a match that was pushed back by three hours due to late arrival of team kits the Indians lost the momentum from the onset as skipper Rohit Sharma 0 was dismissed off the first delivery of the matchThroughout the innings the Indians were unable to gauge the pace and bounce of the Warner Park track as McCoy mixed his variations well during a careerbest spellIt was the extra bounce from McCoy that reared up awkwardly taking off the shoulder off his bat and the short thirdman was in action to gobble up the dollySuryakumar Yadav 11 hit an audacious six over cover but Mccoy bowled one full and the loosely attempted expansive drive without any palpable footwork was only going to turn into an edge and land up in the wicketkeepers glovesAlso Read Harmanpreet Kaur Will look to build on the positives from Pakistan victory at CWG 2022Rishabh Pant 24 off 12 balls was breathtaking during his stay and a flick behind deep square leg for a massive six off McCoy left everyone in aweThere was another six off Odean Smith behind fine leg but leftarm spinner Akeal Hosein accounted for him with a delivery in which he altered the length and the slight turn did him in The mistimed pull landed into the deep midwicket fielders handsThe only time India seemed to have a partnership going was when Hardik Pandya 31 off 31 balls and Ravindra Jadeja 27 off 30 balls tried to resurrect the innings with a 43run stand for the fifth wicketOnce Hardiks powerful slap off a slow Jason Holder bouncer was taken in second attempt by Smith McCoy came back for his second spell to polish off the lower middleorder in a jiffyJadeja and Dinesh Karthik 7 were foxed by slower deliveries while Ravichandran Ashwin failed to use the pace and bounce to be caught in the deepThe last four Indian wickets fell for just 11 runs with Holder taking 2 for 23Brief scoresIndia 138 allout in 193 overs Hardik Pandya 31 Obed McCoy 617West Indies 141 for 5 in 192 overs Brandon King 68 Ravindra Jadeja 116This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever