India lost to West Indies by a margin of eight wickets in the second T20I on December 8 where India put up a dismal show. Put into bat, they posted only 170 runs on the board on the back of a fifty from Shivam Dube and 33 from Rishabh Pant. However, poor fielding and bowling caused them the defeat which left captain Virat Kohli unimpressed with the performance.

“Could say that (India’s inability to win after batting first). Numbers say a lot of things, and a lot of things that aren’t there as well. You expect to get 40-45 in last four overs, not 30. Shivam’s knock propelled us” Kohli said at the post match presentation. “If you field like that, no total is good enough. With the ball we were good, the first four overs. But if you drop chances, it’s going to cost you. Fielding is something – we need to be more brave.

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In the end, Virat Kohli did mention about the positives from the T20I match, which were Shivam Dube’s maiden half-century and his own catch on the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja which dismissed Shimron Hetmyer.

“We knew the pitch is going to help spinners, so we thought why not Shivam go up and attack the spinner. That was the plan, worked very well,” he added. “It was one of those catches that just stuck. I was committed to the ball, stretched both hands – last match I went with just one hand.”