India, Oct. 11 -- Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar reckons India missed a trick by handing Kuldeep Yadav the crucial 17th over instead of turning to tearaway pacer Mayank Yadav or left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh in the high-scoring second T20I against the West Indies in Ranchi, which the hosts lost by six wickets as the visitors levelled the five-match series 1-1. Kuldeep was taken for 24 runs in a game-changing over, conceding three sixes, a boundary and a wide as the West Indies gained the upper hand in their daunting chase of 250. The onslaught left India under pressure as the visitors closed in on the target on Friday.

Arshdeep, who bowled the 18th over, could not stem the flow of runs either, conceding 17 to West Indies skipper Shai Hope...