India cut after Lara injury

After the run-fest of the opening match, won by India, expect the West Indies to come out firing in the second match of the four-game series, to be played in Cuttack on Wednesday.

Aided by a fabulous innings from Shivnarine Chanderpaul, West Indies almost overhauled India's huge total in the first game and there are plenty of positives for them to take to Cuttack, which will stage its 13th one-day international.

IWith West Indies captain Brian Lara missing because of a knee injury, India have been cut to 1/2 (1.50) favourites for the match, while you can get 6/4 on West Indies come out on top.

The home side have played in 10 of the 12 contests, winning six of them, while the only time they met West Indies there, in 1994, they successfully chased down 252 for victory.

India have won just five of their past 20 one-dayers, while West Indies, who have shown more form in the limited overs game than in the Test arena, have won 10 of their past 20.

Top bat
Former India captain Saurav Ganguly continued his international renaissance in the first match and the Prince of Calcutta is the 7/2 favourite to be top runscorer for his side.

It's a rarity to not see Sachin Tendulkar at the top of the list but while the little master looks in good nick, it's a while since he made a big score. He shares second favouritism at 4/1 with his skipper Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir.

Robin Uthappa is 11/2, Mahendra Dhoni 13/2 and Dinesh Karthik is 8/1.

Dashing opener CVhris Gayle, who made a quickfire 52 in the first match, is favourite to top-score for West Indies, at 11/4, closely followed by Chanderpaul at 10/3.

Runako Morton and Marlon Samuels are both 5/1 and Devon Smith and Lendl Simmons are both 6/1.

Both sides are 5/6 in the betting to have the highest score after 10 overs but with Gayle opening for West Indies, they have to be the call.