India vs West Indies 2nd T20I: Rohit loses toss, hosts to bat first in Lucknow

West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite on Tuesday won the toss and elected to field first in the second T20I against India in Lucknow.

The visitors made one change to their playing XI after the heavy defeat they suffered in the first game - Nicholas Pooran in place of Rovman Powell

India made just the one replacement to their side as well - Bhuvneshwar Kumar was included in place of Umesh Yadav.

Windies win the toss and elect to bowl first in the 2nd Paytm T20I against #TeamIndia.#INDvWI pic.twitter.com/C16jMLXdbp

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 6, 2018

The hosts will be hoping to wrap up the three-match series at the Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, a perfect Diwali gift for themselves and the fans.

Here are the playing XIs for the second T20I

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik (w), Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed.

West Indies: Shai Hope, Denesh Ramdin (w), Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, Nicholas Pooran, Carlos Brathwaite (c), Fabian Allen, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Oshane Thomas.