Shreyas Iyer hopes to notch his second ODI century in the next game vs WI

After registering a thumping win over West Indies in the second ODI India batter Shreyas Iyer said that he is hopeful of scoring a century in the next gameHalfcenturies from Shreyas Iyer Sanju Samson and Axar Patel helped Team India win the second ODI of the threematch series against West Indies by two wickets here at Queens Park Oval stadium in Port of Spain on SundayShreyas Iyer smashed 63 runs off 71 balls before he got LBW by Alzarri JosephI was really happy with the score which I got today but really unhappy with the way I was dismissed I thought I could have taken the team through easily but very unfortunate with the wicket Hopefully I score a century in the next game said Shreyas in a postmatch press conferenceIndia has now taken a winning 20 lead in the series Struggling at 793 a 99run stand between Iyer 63 and Samson 54 provided stability to their inningsWe lost two backtoback wickets for 60 and from there we had to rebuild Sanju came in and showed a lot of intent I was already batting and had faced around 20 balls So me and Sanju knew what we had to do Sanju faced a few balls and then he took on to the spinners said IyerHe hit them for two sixes and suddenly the momentum shifted towards us and from there we built on the partnership he addedThe batter further praised allrounder Axar Patel for his great knock which took Team India through the finishing lineIt was fun to be honest We all were sitting together and Rahul sir was getting tensed He was passing on the message But yeah I think a lot of players showed really good emotions out there They were really calm and composed during the pressure situations said the batterSince we have played so many games now so we have seen such emotions and it was just a normal game for us I think we did pretty well especially Axar Outstanding knock he addedIn the end contributions from Deepak Hooda 33 and Axar Patel 64 proved to be extremely vital in taking the visitors to a win West Indies lost control of the match despite sending back the top order in the early stages of the match and despite posting a huge total on the board themselvesChasing 312 India was off to a solid start Shubman Gill showed a lot of intent from start and smashed some good boundaries His partner skipper Shikhar Dhawan was the less aggressive of the twoAt the end of 10 overs India stood at 420 with Gill 30 and Dhawan 12The duo had stitched a stand of 48 runs before pacer Romario Shepherd intervened to dismiss a struggling Dhawan for 13 off 31 ballsShreyas Iyer was next up on crease Gill was well settled on the crease and looked on track to complete his second straight fifty but got caught and bowled by Kyle Mayers for 43 off 49 balls At this point India stood at 652 and Suryakumar Yadav was next on the creaseSuryakumar showed some intent with a huge six but the ball hit the inside edge of his bat and left his stumps rattled when he was at 9 Mayers struck once again for the hosts and with these three wickets within a short span of time Windies looked really strong India stood at 793 at this point in desperate need of a partnershipWicketkeeper Sanju Samson was next on the crease and resumed the chase with Iyer The duo maintained some good running between the wickets and occasionally went for big hits The duo brought up their 50run stand in 52 ballsShreyas was looking really good bringing up his 11th halfcentury in the format with a four through deep midwicket which also took India beyond the 150run mark The 30th over bowled by Mayers proved to be extremely expensive giving away 16 runsThe duo started accelerating after bringing up their 50run stand The duo fell short one run of forming a 100run stand after Iyer was trapped leg before wicket by pacer Alzarri Joseph for 63 off 71 ballsAlso Read Photos Axar Patel steals the show as India seal series vs WINext up on the crease was Deepak Hooda HoodaSamson kept the scoreboard ticking for India Samson brought up his maiden fifty off 47 balls with a four through the fine leg region The duo had added only 27 runs before Samson was dismissed for 54 off 51 balls India was 2055 at this point with 107 more runs to goAxar Patel was next up on the crease At the end of 40 overs India stood at 2125 with Axar 4 and Hooda 18 Men in Blue needed 100 runs in the final ten overs The scoreboard kept moving for India with the duo attempting some big hits They took India to the 250run markAxarHooda brought up their 50run stand in 31 balls The equation came down to 56 runs required in the final six overs Hooda was dismissed for 33 off 36 by spinner Akeal Hosein after being caught by Hayden Walsh at backward pointShardul Thakur was next up on the crease Patel continued to look good with the bat The 46th over of the game by Alzarri Joseph was expensive and took a lot of pressure off Indias batters Just when it looked India will continue turning the game in their favour Thakur was dismissed for 3 runs by Joseph after being caught by Brooks at deep coverAvesh Khan was next on the crease The equation was down to 32 off 24 balls Patel brought up his maiden fifty in just 27 balls singlehandedly carrying on the chase as the last recognised batter19 were needed in the final three overs Patel and Khan had the responsibility to not lose their wickets and take India across the finishing line Patel was dismissed for 10 by Jayden SealesMohammed Siraj was next on the crease India needed eight in the final over Patel sealed the match for India with a massive six on the fourth ball of the over finishing at 64 off 35 balls with three fours and five sixesThis 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