Hoping to take an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match collection, Group India suffered a stunning loss to West Indies within the second ODI on Saturday. After opting to bat, India stand-in captain Hardik Pandya opted to bat, with each Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli rested. Sanju Samson was added into the XI, however didn’t make a mark as India have been bowled out for 181 in 40.5 overs. Ishan Kishan (55) and Shubman Gill (34) added 90 runs for the primary wicket, earlier than the guests suffered a batting collapse.

In reply, West Indies suffered just a few hiccups however received the match finally by six wickets.

On the choice to relaxation Rohit and Kohli, India head coach Rahul Dravid defined that the continued collection served them because the final probability to drag off these experiments, particularly with the workforce set to participate within the Asia Cup, adopted by the World Cup on dwelling soil.

“We’ll all the time look into the larger image and we can not take into consideration each single sport and collection. Within the collection like this, with solely two-three matches to go earlier than the world cup and Asia cup, taking part in Virat and Rohit wouldn’t have given us solutions,” Dravid stated after the match.

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With the administration’s determination to relaxation Rohit and Kohli beneath extreme criticism, Dravid stated that the workforce is not “fearful about others opinions”.

“We aren’t too fearful about others opinions, these are the proficient boys from our nation, all of them have carried out and are available right here. It’s as much as them to take the chance when they’re given the chance. We have been little upset towards, we knew it was a difficult wicket and never a simple wicket to bat on however we would have liked to someway get to 230-240 that might have been an excellent rating. We misplaced wickets within the center and have been 50-60 run brief,” he added.

The third and last ODI can be performed on Monday.