India vs West Indies, 2nd ODI at Ahmedabad, IND v WI, Feb 09 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary

9.50pm That ends our offerings for the night. A special win for India from a tough position when they were batting. We will be back day after tomorrow for the final ODI of the series, which is now a dead rubber. Thanks for joining us. And just a reminder that if you are in the US, you can sign up for ESPN+ here and watch live coverage of the India vs West Indies series and much more. Goodbye

9.40pm "We let is slip with the bat," says Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies captain. "We weren't able to put up partnerships, kept losing wickets. The more cricket we play together, hopefully that helps us as batters. Odean is special. He is a strong guy, runs in can bowl 145. He is still young. With experience, sky is the limit for him."

"Winning the series is a good feeling without a doubt," says Rohit Sharma, the India captain. "There were some challenges that we had to face today. That partnership between KL and Surya. That is the maturity we need. We got to a respectable total, which was important. With the ball we were outstanding. The entire unit came together and performed together as a unit. It is important for these guys to bat in those kind of situations. That is when you can judge them. Today's knock with give Surya a lot of confidence. The pitch was not easy. So he batted and did what the team wanted and not what he wants to do. KL too, and that little innings from Hooda in the end. I have been asked to do different things, so this was different. People will be happy seeing Rishabh open then, but yeah it is not permanent. We will get Shikhar back next game, and he need some game time. It is not always the results. We want to try a few things with the long term in the mind so we don't mind if we lose the odd game in the process. I was a little surprised to not see the dew but again I am not taking anything away from the bowling unit. I have not seen that kind of spell in a long long time in India. He bowled with skill, he bowled with pace. All in all a great bowling effort."

"I have been striving to do this for quite some time now," says Prasidh Krishna, the Player of the Match. "So I am happy it came off and we won the match. Nothing special, I was just looking to hit the good areas. Even when I went to bat it was still seaming so I knew there was something in it for me when we bowled. I wanted to keep it tight, keep it simple, and let the ball do the talking. Be as consistent as possible, bowl straighter lines, bowl good lengths."

9.30pm "Yes there was some tension in the end because you know in day-night games with the dew coming in, anything can happen if one of the batsmen gets some shots in," says Shardul Thakur. "All the fast bowlers were bowling well, and there was something in the wicket, so the idea was to get wickets whenever we bowled. Even when we batted, they used the short ball very well. There was pace in the pitch so we had to bowl the short ball."

Sarthak: "a whopping 45 dots out of 54 balls and just 1 boundary conceded.. Sublime stuff from Krishna! absolutely sensational! He could very well be India's back up pacer for Bumrah and Shami!"

9.27pm Krishna ends up with figures of 9-3-12-4 as India defend a total in a manner that will satisfy them no end. They have backed a hit-the-deck bowler over a swing bowler, and it has produced tangible results on the night even though the intangible shift and impact was plain to see in the last two games too.

Roach and Joseph are the last pair. Krishna comes bacl

Only long-off back on the off side. Four men on the leg-side fence

Point, long-off, long-on, midwicket, square leg are back on the fence. Okay deep point now moves straighter to deep cover

Under 50 required. Two of these six overs have to be bowled by the fifth bowler, who is not having a great night. India go to him now. Washington Sundar to bowl. He has Joseph on strike first ball. How long can he keep him on strike?

Third man comes up, square leg goes back