IND vs WI

10:44 PM local time and IST: It was the Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma show tonight in Guwahati, and the West Indies had no answer for it! India seal the deal as regards the series, with one game left. However, as we lead up to the ODI World Cup next year, every match is preparatory. We will be back again with you from 2:00 PM local time on 3 October, for the 3rd game in New Chandigarh. This is Sourabh and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda! 

Shubman Gill (India captain and Player of the Match, 223* off 133 balls): "Every part of my body is cramping right now! It was extremely hot out there, it felt even hotter while fielding. Very happy with the performance, very happy that I was there till the end to finish it. I break the game into small parts. First, I had a target of around 70 in the power play, then, with the ball getting old, I felt that runs would get easy to come by. But we kept going strong, and were always above par. So after the first power play, we were never really under pressure. I thought that we didn't bowl as well in the power play. We should have done better there. But, we did manage to bring the score down by 40-odd runs, so that helped. Now, with one game remaining, we will ideally want to give the players who haven't got a chance, a go. So let's see how we go about it in the last match." 

Shai Hope (West Indies captain): (How do you sum up this game?) A lot of positives that I can take from it to be honest. We as a batting unit have been putting up really consistent big totals, that is a big tick. But when you come up some of the greatest batters, the margin of errors are very slim. It is going to be very hard after giving a start like that, credit where it is due. We could have been a bit tighter. (were the same mistakes from the first game repeated in the batting?) Not as much, thought we laid the foundation really well. Something that we spoke about in the last couple of days. We knew that the spinners are the major threat in these conditions and it was about making sure you keep wickets in hand going into the backend of the innings. (though process behind introducing Lawes late in the bowling) A little bit of both (conditions based and executions), you don't want to give him the toughest overs to bowl but having said that it is not that he cannot come in and do a great job. You want to make him feel as comfortable as possible, especially in these conditions. He is very young, great to see him come in and raise his hand. He bowled a really good spell, I'm sure he is going to keep going strong

Let's hear from Rohit Sharma: (on his celebration after his hundred) I will keep that celebration to myself. It is for me, some things are meant to be with you, not to be shared. (on his partnership with Gill) The wicket was really good, we just wanted to keep batting. We were not thinking about the scoreboard or the target honestly. We were just trying to play to the merit of the ball and stitch a partnership. Chasing a big target like this, you always want to stitch big partnerships. Gill was fantastic, he was very much in control of his batting and to stay not out at the end was fantastic as well. (batting after 50 overs of fielding in the heat) Comes down to concentration, you have got to keep telling yourselves that don't throw it away. That is where I wanted to bring in my experience of so many years. We needed big runs from the top order and that is exactly what happened. We had a very good partnership at the top, 250-odd runs and that pretty much sealed the game for us. (what was Jadeja saying about his celebration?) He was asking me what was that about, I said I will tell you in the dressing room as it is for myself. He was quite innovative, he wanted me to slide and jump in celebration but after 50 overs of fielding and batting almost for 25-30 overs I was never going to do that

10:11 PM local time and IST: India win by 8 wickets with 39 balls to spare and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series! 

Shubman Gill 223* (133) | Kuldeep Yadav - 2/65 (10)
Amir Jangoo 114 (77) | Shamar Joseph - 1/52 (6)

The target for India was 406. A lot of us were wondering if India could narrow the margin of defeat and finish the game with some confidence, heading into the series-decider in New Chandigarh. As it turns out, more than 6 overs were left for the hosts to wrap it up, with them only 2-down! 

For sure, this wasn't the best of pitches from the point of view of a contest between bat and ball. But the way India chased these runs down, it was simply mind-blowing! The second-highest run chase in ODI history was witnessed, but the manner in which things unfolded, was unbelievable! 

India needed to begin well, they did so. In fact, they were good enough to put together a 255-run stand for the 1st wicket, that too, in only 158 deliveries! That set the tone, and, was good enough, to finish things a little later! 

Rohit Sharma, a legend in this format, whose place in the side has been a question for some strange reason of late, did Rohit Sharma things, as he smashed his way to another superlative hundred, and made life extremely easy for his partner at the other end. 

Shubman Gill of course, was the star of the show, struggling early on, but taking the game to another level by staying there till the end with a captain's knock, and registering a score in excess of 220 runs! 

He kept breaking records in this innings. He kept putting bowlers to the sword. He kept attacking no matter what. He kept putting loose balls away. And, he kept making run-scoring look easy! Good form is one thing, making the most of that, is quite another! Gill did the latter and how! 

Virat Kohli looked good for a short while, but a wonder catch from Sherfane Rutherford cut short his innings. After that, Ruturaj Gaikward stitched together another 50-run partnership with his captain, but made sure to be there till the end, as the due finished it off on a high! 

As for the West Indies, not a lot went right. To be more precise, close to nothing went right. Initially, there were a few good deliveries bowled, especially by Jayden Seales, who happened to get Rohit Sharma out later on, but after that, it went pear-shaped for Shai Hope and his men. 

Bowling was all over the place, the tactics were hardly inventive, the body language was flat, the spirit was lacking and the overall competitiveness died down much quicker, even with over 400 runs in the bank. That's highly disappointing. 

In a match filled with runs, you have to feel for the bowlers, but the difference in the confidence, and the way both teams approached the 2nd innings, was a tell-tale! 

43.3 Roston Chase to Ruturaj Gaikwad, a win for the ages, a win for the history books, a win for years to come as India hunt down the target of 406 with ridiculous ease making it the second highest successful run chase in ODI history only behind the epic 438/8 by South Africa against Australia 20 years ago in 2006. Making a mockery of a target like this, doing it like a walk in the park, like it is a cakewalk tells you about the insane quality of this batting side for whom only the sky is the limit. Deflated and defeated faces in the West Indies camp tell you the story but the night belongs to the Indian skipper Shubman Gill who has not only reinstated his insatiable appetite of runs but also shattered multiple records on his way to an unbeaten 223* steering his side to a historic victory. The winning run was scored by Gaikwad as he clipped a full one around his pads through square leg and completed a single to not only complete the win but also complete India's consecutive 14th series win against West Indies, Guwahati has been treated to an absolute spectacle tonight before the action moves to New Chandigarh for the final match with the series done and dusted.

43.1 Roston Chase to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Gill moves to 222* and India are just two away now. Low full toss from around the wicket from Chase, Gill whips it wide of deep mid-wicket all along the carpet and picks up the gap as he has done all night long. The ball fizzes through to the ropes