India are increasingly in a class of their own in T20s and the back-to-back 20-over world champions will be seeking to make it 11 wins on the spin in the second match of their five-game series with the West Indies.
An unbeaten century from Shreyas Iyer saw the Indians chase down the Windies 171 all out with more than five overs to spare on Tuesday and they have proved nigh on untouchable in the shortest format at home.
India v West Indies second T20I Tips Summary
Best Bet - Shai Hope top West Indies runscorer @ 9/4
Alternative Bet - Abhishek Sharma over 25.5 runs @ 5/6
Bet Builder - Abhishek Sharma over 25.5 runs, Rovman Powell under 18.5 runs, West Indies batter to score a fifty @ 21/5
India v West Indies second T20I Prediction
Best Bet: Shai Hope top West Indies runscorer @ 9/4
If anyone needed another reminder of India's T20 prowess, then their eight-wicket rout of the West Indies on Tuesday was a good example.
Having bowled out the Windies for 171, India, led by a scintillating unbeaten century from their skipper Shreyas Iyer, chased down their target with 32 balls to spare.
West Indies skipper Shai Hope did at least offer some resistance to the Indian juggernaut, though, and not for the first time during his side's ongoing tour.
Centuries in the final two ODIs between the sides were followed by 52 in Lucknow on Tuesday, and Hope could again lead from the front for his side.
Alternative Bet: Abhishek Sharma over 25.5 runs @ 5/6
India fans got a glimpse of Abhishek Sharma's destructive powers in the first T20 of the series as he smashed 21 from just 10 balls.
Abhishek can blow hot and cold but it is only a few weeks since he scored 108 against Afghanistan in Delhi, while he hit 61 from a mere 28 deliveries to help India beat Pakistan in the final of the Asian Games six days ago.
Back the India opener to score at least 26 runs on Friday.
India v West Indies second T20I Bet Builder Tip
Abhishek Sharma over 25.5 runs
Rovman Powell under 18.5 runs
West Indies batter to score a fifty
Pays 21/5
Backing Abhishek to make a healthy contribution should be the first port of call in any Bet Builder but West Indies batter Rovman Powell may not have such an enjoyable evening in Ranchi.
Powell was dismissed for nought on Tuesday and came into the season following a lean ending to the Jamaica Kingsmen's Caribbean Premier League campaign, scoring just 74 runs in his last eight innings in the competition including three ducks.
Two of Powell's team-mates, Shai Hope and Sherfane Rutherford, reached fifty in the first match of the series while Amir Jangoo, who could come into the side, scored 58 not out, 114 and 67 in the three ODIs that preceded the T20s.
With that in mind, take a chance on at least one West Indian putting up enough resistance to post a half-century in Ranchi.
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Key Match Stats
India have won 42 of their last 51 T20 internationals on home soil
The reigning T20 world champions have not lost a home T20 series in seven years
The hosts have won their last 10 T20s
Captain Shreyas Iyer hit six of India's seven sixes in the first T20
After ending the three-match ODI series with back-to-back centuries, West Indies skipper scored 52 in the first T20 meeting in Lucknow
Tactics, Form and Team News
India are unlikely to tinker too heavily with the side who romped to an eight-wicket success in the first match of the five-game series.
India T20 squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Naman Dhir, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravi Bishnoi, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Washington Sundar.
Amir Jangoo scored two fifties and a century in the recent three-match ODI series and may get his chance after being left out of the Windies' 11 in Lucknow.
West Indies T20 squad: Shai Hope (c), Akeal Hosein, Amir Jangoo, Gudakesh Motie, Jewel Andrew, Kamil Pooran, Keemo Paul, Matthew Forde, Quentin Sampson, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Rovman Powell, Shamar Joseph, Shamar Springer, Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer.
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