India vs West Indies 2nd T20I: Ranchi Preview, Time, Squads and Where to Watch

India lead 1-0 going into the India vs West Indies 2nd T20I in Ranchi on Friday, 9 October, after Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten century set up an eight-wicket win in the series opener in Lucknow. The match at the JSCA International Stadium Complex starts at 7pm IST (13:30 GMT).

Result: West Indies won by six wickets, chasing 250 with nine balls to spare (India 249/5, West Indies 252/4 in 18.3 overs). Shai Hope hit 102 not out off 45 balls and Sanju Samson made 82 for India. The series is level at 1-1. Read the full India vs West Indies 2nd T20I result and report.

Toss and playing XIs

Update, 9 October: West Indies captain Shai Hope won the toss and chose to bowl, so India bat first in Ranchi. India named an unchanged XI from the first T20I, which means Vaibhav Sooryavanshi again misses out, with Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson continuing as openers.

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Mayank Yadav.

West Indies: Shai Hope (c, wk), Kamil Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Springer, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph.

India vs West Indies 2nd T20I: match details

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How the first T20I went

Iyer won the toss in Lucknow on 6 October and chose to bowl. West Indies were bowled out for 171 in 19.1 overs. Captain Shai Hope made 52 off 37 balls and Sherfane Rutherford 56 off 34, but debutant Naman Dhir took 3 for 31 and Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel picked up two wickets each.

India then chased the target in 14.4 overs. Iyer, captaining the T20I side, reached his maiden T20I hundred off 42 balls and finished on 102 not out, adding an unbeaten 137 for the third wicket with Ishan Kishan. He was named player of the match.

What to watch in Ranchi

A win would put India 2-0 up with three matches left. West Indies have to win to draw level before the series moves to Indore on Sunday.

Iyer comes in on the back of a 42-ball hundred and an unbroken stand of 137 with Ishan Kishan, so India’s top order has momentum. Naman Dhir’s 3 for 31 on debut gave India a spin option alongside Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel, who shared four wickets in Lucknow.

For West Indies, the first match showed where the runs can come from. Shai Hope and Sherfane Rutherford both made fifties, but the rest of the line-up could not build on them and the innings ended with five balls unused. Hope, who also made an unbeaten 162 in the final ODI, is the batter India will most want to remove early.

The series so far

The tour began with three ODIs, which India won 2-1. West Indies took the final ODI on 3 October, chasing 352 with five wickets and 10 balls to spare after India had made 351 for 7. Hope scored an unbeaten 162 in that chase, outdoing KL Rahul’s unbeaten 129 off 87 balls for India.

Squads

India

Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav. Naman Dhir made his T20I debut in the first match.

West Indies

Shai Hope (captain, wk), Jewel Andrew (wk), Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Shimron Hetmyer, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Keemo Paul, Kamil Pooran, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Romario Shepherd, Shamar Springer.

Remaining T20I schedule

All matches start at 7pm IST.

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Updated 9 October 2026 (toss, playing XIs and result). Sources: CricTracker (playing XIs), The Sunday Guardian, ESPNcricinfo, CricTracker, Outlook India and Wikipedia.