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Lucknow, Nov 5 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong>  The West Indies were expected to do well in the T20 internationals, but a five-wicket loss in the first outing of the three-match rubber against dominant India showed the script might not change when the two sides clash in the second contest at the Ekana International Cricket stadium here on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India have won the test series 2-0 and ODIs 3-1 in an utterly lopsided fashion. On Sunday at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the current World T20I champions were restricted to a paltry 109\/8 by Rohit Sharma and Company.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Windies bowlers did well to reduce India to 54\/4 at the halfway stage before seasoned stumper Dinesh Karthik (31 not out; 34 b, 3x4, 1x6) and debutant Krunal Pandya (21 not out; 9b, 3x4) got the home side over the line.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India's last win against the West Indies before Sunday came was way back on March 23, 2014 in the World T20 in Bangladesh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The win for India came despite the absence of talismanic regular captain Virat Kohli.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rohit, who has an enviable record at the Eden, failed on Sunday and would look to make up for it with a big score on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Besides Rohit, opener Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Manish Pandey also had a bad day in office in the series-opener.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Karthik kept his cool and played a crucial knock along with an unbeaten cameo from Krunal to steer India home in 17.5 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lucknow will be hosting its first international match at the newly-built Ekana stadium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav was at his lethal best on Sunday with superb figures of 3\/13 from his four overs, while left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed (1\/16) and Pandya (1\/15) were also impressive.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India will also be bolstered by the return of pace spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who missed the first T20 due to gastric problems.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

West Indies, on the other hand, would be desperate to get back to the winning ways. The shortest format is where they do well on a regular basis with their players plying their trade in T20 leagues around the globe as well as the Caribbean Premier League. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

The return of big names such as Kieran Pollard and Darren Bravo failed to make any significant impact on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Andre Russell's injury, which ruled him out of the series, also dented their chances.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Young pacer Oshane Thomas (2\/21), who made his debut in Kolkata, impressed a lot and heckled the Indian openers with his pace.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Squads:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India - Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (Wicket-keeper), Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, K Khaleel Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

West Indies - Carlos Brathwaite (Captain), Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope (Wicket-keeeper) Obed McCoy, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Sherfane Rutherford, Oshane Thomas
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