After agonisingly missing out on a win in the first T20, India and the Windies faced each other once again with the series on the line. Gayle once again sat out with an injury as West Indies went in with an unchanged lineup, while India dropped Stuart Binny, who conceded 32 runs in an over in the first T20, in favour of Amit Mishra. Carlos Brathwaite once again called wrong, and India opted to bowl first, like they did in the first game. The match started 40 minutes late after technical difficulties interrupted the broadcast of the match, and it came back to haunt later.

Wickets slow the Windies down

Evin Lewis, who scored a century in the first T20, was the first to depart on the day. Mohammed Shami pestered him with short balls and the southpaw surrendered his wicket in the 4th over by mistiming one to Amit Mishra at short fine leg. Mishra removed Johnson Charles with his first ball to inflict another blow just before the end of powerplay. After the powerplay, the Windies managed just 22 runs in four overs, and with the runs not coming, Lendl Simmons jumped out of his crease for a big shot only to see Ashwin bowling one wide down the leg side to enforce an easy stumping for Dhoni. Bumrah removed Samuels in the next ball, and all of a sudden the Windies were looking down the barrel at 76/4 in 10.1 overs.

After removing Charles earlier in the innings, Mishra returned for his second spell in the 16th over and once against struck straight away by removing Dwayne Bravo in the second ball of the over. The loopy leg-spinners were his main weapon in the opening spell, but, this time, he used a googly to hit the timber. Bhuvneshwar Kumar removed Andre Russell to inflict another blow, but skipper Brathwaite was still at the crease. He hit Mishra for a four and six on back-to-back balls, but once again the leg-spinner bounced back by hitting the stumps. Shami ended the Windies innings for 143 in the final over to give India a relatively easy target to chase.