
Shai Hope won the toss and sent India in to bat in the second T20I at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi on October 9, 2026. The start is at 7:00 pm IST.
India lead the five-match series 1-0 after winning the opener by eight wickets, with 5.2 overs to spare. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is not playing.
Shreyas Iyer made a 42-ball hundred in that chase of 172. He said he βdidnβt know where he wasβ after the innings, with the side coming straight off the Asian Games.
For West Indies, Shai Hope made 52 and Sherfane Rutherford a fifty. Hope later called the rest of the batting βchaotic,β and said the side was a spinner short.
Playing XIs
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Mayank Yadav. Iyer captains. Samson keeps wicket.
West Indies: Shai Hope, Kamil Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Springer, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph.
Pitch and the quote
India have played four T20Is in Ranchi, the last in 2023. The average first-innings score in those games was 161, with a 2-2 split between batting first and chasing. Batting coach Sitanshu Kotak called it a good batting wicket.
On Ishan Kishan, the local player, he said: βWhichever ground Ishan plays on, he treats it as his home ground.β The forecast around the start is clear, after a little rain on Thursday and Friday.
Live streaming details
In India the TV feed is on the Star Sports network. The stream is on JioHotstar, at hotstar.com.
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In the United States and Canada the game is on Willow, at willow.tv.
The Caribbean feed is on ESPN. The UK and Ireland are on TNT Sports. Australia is on Fox Cricket. South Africa is on SuperSport.










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