'Iss team k sath hum World Cup jeeteinge' - Fans dejected as India lose to West Indies in 2nd ODI by 6 wickets

In an utter disappointment for the Indian cricket fans, Team India lost to West Indies in the second ODI of the three-match series. What hurt Indian fans the most was that the West Indies team that they lost to a team in the recent match, that didn't even make it to the main edition of the 2023 ODI World Cup.

Speaking of the action of the match, the hosts won the toss and asked India to bat first. The men in blue got a good start from their young opening pair of Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill. They stitched a partnership of 90 runs for the first wicket.

The collapse of the batting line up costed the match to India

After Gill was dismissed with the team score at 90 runs, the batting lineup collapsed and the entire team was bowled out for an additional 91 runs. Eventually, India could score only 181 runs, losing all wickets in 40.5 overs.

Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan was the only player to score a half-century; he contributed with 55 runs alongside a 34-run knock from his opening partner Shubman Gill. Apart from these two, none of the Indian batters couldn’t even touch the individual mark of 20+ runs except Suryakumar Yadav’s slow-paced 25-ball 24 runs.

Gudakesh Motie and Romario Shepherd scalped three wickets each for West Indies, alongside two claimed by Alzarri Joseph. Apart from these two, Jayden Seales and Yannic Cariah also picked one wicket each for the hosts.

While chasing the target, West Indies comfortably crossed the line in 36.4 overs courtesy of the brilliant fifth-wicket partnership between skipper Shai Hope and Keacy Carty. They played the unbeaten knocks of 63 and 48 runs, respectively, to help West Indies win the match by 6 wickets and level the series by 1-1.

Following India’s defeat by a margin of 6 wickets, the fans took to Twitter to express their disappointment and frustration. Fans also looked unhappy with the over-experimental approach of head coach Rahul Dravid and the lack of planning in Team Management.

Here's how fans reacted:

Iss team k sath hum World Cup jeeteinge 🙄😤@BCCI coach and management se toh ky accept kare 😠#INDvsWI

— kookiee🇮🇳 (@binwal_kartik) July 30, 2023

Virat kohli and rohit sharma right now 😢.#INDvsWI #WIvIND #WorldCup2023 #Viratandrohit pic.twitter.com/QWqU92hFa7

— Viratkohli.Fc (@viratkohli_18_0) July 30, 2023

#INDvsWI pic.twitter.com/Q8dwMuPIG2

— Mritunjay Dubey (@Mritunj07651207) July 30, 2023

and going by Dravid's statement of giving the backup players game time to make sure they are ready when the opportunity comes and this is the last series before Asia cup, india should field the same XI as 2nd ODI. It will be interesting to see what they're gonna do now#INDvsWI

— Vishnu Kant Kumar (@VishnuKantKum14) July 30, 2023

#INDvsWI #ShubmanGill #SanjuSamson #ElvishYadav𓃵 pic.twitter.com/Y5FLkR6W9E

— Abhi 🚩 (@IG_aabhi_x7) July 30, 2023

Indian cricket is so pathetic because of poor politics and IPL's money.

Rohit has to uplift the teams ability like dhoni use to do. Dhoni had some magic in his aura and environment.#INDvsWI

— Sunil Gavaskar (@virender_swag) July 30, 2023

Unreal practice before Asia Cup and the World Cup 😭 Masterstroke by BCCI🔥 #INDvsWI pic.twitter.com/HK2rpj4WX9

— Garvika (@dvincentstrange) July 30, 2023

#INDvsWI u r loosing with a not qualified team in wc and dreaming to win wc this year 😄 kahi England ko to copy ni kar rhe ho shame on you #BCCI this time wc fav is eng and aus

— Abhishek patel (@Abhishe62919835) July 30, 2023

Koi in IPL ke pattho ko indian team se nikalo yaar #INDvsWI

— ASHIS MADRAJEE (@ashis_madrajee) July 30, 2023

Kya matlab next janam ki baat hi rhi thi #INDvsWI #INDvWI #RohitSharma #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/D5ziRybYGD

— Snarky Squad (@SnarkySquad) July 30, 2023