India host West Indies in Ranchi with 1-0 series lead

India face West Indies in the second T20I of the five-match series at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi on Friday. The hosts lead the series 1-0 after Shreyas Iyer's unbeaten 102 and Naman Dhir's 3 for 31 secured an eight-wicket win in Lucknow.

Shreyas Iyer's century came off 43 balls and combined with an unbroken 137-run stand with Ishan Kishan to chase 172 in 14.4 overs. West Indies had posted 171, with half-centuries from Shai Hope and Sherfane Rutherford offset by Dhir's three wickets on debut. India's squad for Ranchi includes Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

West Indies named Shai Hope as captain and wicketkeeper alongside Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Matthew Forde, Romario Shepherd, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer and Roston Chase. The visitors will need to improve their bowling attack, which was found wanting in the series opener.