The second ODI between India and West Indies will be a landmark one for the Windies opener Chris Gayle. The Jamaican will be turning out in his 300th ODI and is less than ten runs away from passing West Indies legend Brian Lara as the highest run scorer for West Indies in ODI cricket. In 299 matches, Gayle has scored 10,397 runs at an average of 37.80 and Lara, who also played 299 matches, scored 10,405 runs at an average of 40.48.
It seems like Shreyas Iyer has been auditioning for the role of middle-order batsman in the Indian team forever now. Although just 24 years of age, Iyer made his ODI debut back in 2017 as a 22 year old against Sri Lanka in Dharamsala and has an impressive average of 42 in seven ODI appearances till date.
The Queen’s Park Oval at Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago has a capacity of approximately 25000 and has hosted 67 ODIs – the maximum by any West Indian ground. 62 of these have yielded a result and there have been 5 no-results (one has been abandoned).
West Indies and India are set to face in the second One-Day International at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad on Sunday (August 11). The first of the three ODIs was washed out by rain.India don't have great memories of the ground as this is where their 2007 World Cup campaign came to an endThere is finally some good news for Indian cricket fans after the washout of their first ODI against the West Indies in Guyana earlier this week. The second ODI, which will be held at Port of Spain in Trinidad, will be played under largely clear skies on Sunday (August 11).