India, Oct. 10 -- When India posted 249 runs on the board in the second T20I, not many would have given the West Indies a chance to chase the total down in Ranchi. Add to the whole thing that they had lost two wickets in the opening over, bowled by Mayank Yadav, nothing could have been more unfathomable. However, the Windies did the unthinkable thereafter and pulled off their highest successful run-chase in T20Is, gunning the target down with nine balls to spare. The task was made all the more difficult for the Indian attack by heavy dew on the outfield, and the spinners never got into the game, struggling to grip the ball.

Axar Patel (0/63 in 3.3 overs) and Kuldeep Yadav (1/53 in 4 overs) were expected to be India's trump card in their ...