Visakhapatnam: After winning the nail-biting first one-day international of the series, India would look to guard against satisfaction and hope for an improved showing from their batsmen when they take on the West Indies in the second cricket one-dayer at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam here on Friday (today).
With a 1-0 lead under their belt, one would have thought that the Indians will be favourites to defeat West Indies especially after they had the better of their opposition in the Test series by a 2-0 margin. However, the manner in which the first ODI went, could just be the sign of things to come the games should be tough and India will need to fight hard to come home winners.
The Cuttack track was expected to be a belter according to the curator but when the Indians struggled to chase down 212 they needed for a win, it looked like the sign of things to come. The change of the Powerplay rule and the bringing in of the two new balls has generally reduced the scores in the 50 overs and one can expect it to be another 225-250-run pitch at Visakhapatnam.
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