West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has expressed his disappointment over the 8-run loss in the second T20I in the 3-match series. However, Pollard is quite satisfied with the performances of Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell, who put on a century stand to take the team closer to winning.

Chasing the target of 187, West Indies openers had a hit-and-miss type start as they never got going. But Pooran and Powell turned things around for West Indies with some big overs in the middle phase. Both added 100 runs in 10 overs and took the team very close to the target. Pollard lauded both of them however he is disappointed with the loss.

“He (Powell) was phenomenal today. His partnership with Pooran almost got us over the line. We did well to take it as deep as we can. We can look at different ways as to how we could have gotten those 8 runs. At the end of it, we can look at so many ways,” said Pollard after the game.

Pollard also showered praises for Roston Chase who bowled brilliantly in both the games. In the first game, he bowled an economical spell of 2/17 in 4 overs. On Friday he did even better with figures of 3/25 with three key wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Suryakumar Yadav. Pollard is also quite satisfied with the way the visitors showed improvement from the first match.

“Partnership between Pooran and Powell almost got us over the line”- Kieron Pollard

“He (Chase) has bowled well. He came in and showed us something. Again he delivered for us. We can’t just call batters out. Was a very good game. We sort of rectified our mistakes from the previous games,” he added.

Earlier for India, Virat Kohli built a good foundation with a composed half-century then Rishabh Pant and Venkatesh Iyer gave them a good flourish at the end. India added 76 runs in the last 6 overs. Pant remained unbeaten for 28-ball 52 while Iyer scored 18-ball 33.

The third and final T20I will be played on February 20.

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