West Indies laid into India's bowling attack on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, racing to one of their biggest ODI totals of the year in the second of three One Day Internationals at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.
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Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bowl first in the 2nd ODI vs West Indies at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday. The decision came with India already on top in the series, having won the opener three days earlier.
Virat Kohli finished unbeaten on 139 and Shubman Gill made 110 as India chased down West Indies' total with ease at Thiruvananthapuram, while Kuldeep Yadav claimed four for 40 on his ODI comeback. The West Indies made four changes to their line-up for the second match, with India leading the three-match series 1-0 heading into Guwahati.
Hope and Campbell centuries put India to the sword
The tourists made India pay for bowling first in spectacular fashion. John Campbell notched a magnificent 65-ball century by smashing nine boundaries and five towering sixes. Shai Hope then followed suit at the other end.
Shai Hope brought up his 20th ODI hundred off only 90 balls with a boundary off debutant paceman Auqib Nabi. The West Indies captain was eventually dismissed for 104 off 94 balls, holing out off Nabi to give Kuldeep Yadav a caught-and-bowled-style wicket. Amir Jangoo was left just one short of his own century as the 189-run third-wicket stand came to an end.
In nearly 5,000 men's ODIs, only five previous innings had ever featured three individual centuries, a feat India had never previously been on the wrong end of. With Hope, Campbell and Jangoo all flirting with or reaching three figures in Guwahati, West Indies came close to matching that rare historical marker against the hosts.
Kuldeep Yadav's landmark buried in the carnage
Amid the battering, there was still a notable personal milestone for India's bowling unit. Kuldeep Yadav reached the landmark of 200 ODI wickets during the innings, even as West Indies continued to pile on runs around him. The left-arm wristspinner had been the hero of the series opener with four wickets, making the milestone a rare bright spot for India on an otherwise punishing afternoon with the ball.
A rough baptism for debutant Auqib Nabi
One of the most searched names to emerge from the match was Auqib Nabi, the uncapped seamer thrown into his first ODI on a batting-friendly surface against an in-form top order. The Indian debutant conceded 19 runs in his fifth over alone, including three boundaries from Amir Jangoo, who had raced to 95 off 66 balls with 12 fours and two sixes. It was a testing introduction to international cricket, with both Hope's hundred and his dismissal also coming off Nabi's bowling in the same spell.
Where the innings stood and what comes next
By the mid-evening in Guwahati, West Indies had reached 374 for six, just 25 runs short of the 400 mark, with Roston Chase leading the charge in the closing overs. The total had climbed to 380 for six after 47 overs, with Keemo Paul dismissed for three off eight balls as the innings entered its final stages.
India will need another big performance with the bat to keep their hopes of wrapping up the series alive, having already shown at Thiruvananthapuram that they can chase down large totals. A washout of the second ODI in India's favour would seal the series outright, but a West Indies win would send the contest to a decider in the final match of the tour, with the tourists desperate to salvage pride after a one-sided series opener.