India vs West Indies, World T20 Semi-final Highlights: West Indies Beat India To Qualify For Final
Lendl Simmons' magnificent 83 helped West Indies defeat India by seven wickets to enter the final of the World T20. Relive all the moments of the match here.
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West Indies defeated India by seven wickets to enter the final
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Lendl Simmons blasted 83*. Charles smashed 52 while Russell hit 43*
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Ashish Nehra picked up 1/25.
Chasing 193, West Indies lost Chris Gayle cheaply but Johnson Charles and Lendl Simmons shared a magnificent 97-run stand. Charles was snapped up by Virat Kohli for 52 but Simmons, along with Andre Russell tore the Indian bowling apart. Simmons managed 83* while Russell chipped in with 43* to help West Indies reach the final with a seven-wicket win. Relive all the moments of this thrilling match here. (SCORECARD | NEWS | VIDEOS | GALLERIES | WHERE TO WATCH LIVE STREAMING?)
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23:00 hrs IST:Here are the post-match comments
Sammy: They came at us in the Powerplay, we stuck to it. I knew it was a 200 wicket. Halfway in the game, I told my team they are 10 runs short. Even when we lost Gayle, the way Simmons and Charles played and Russell put the finishing touches, I'm very proud.
Dhoni: The dew starts setting in during the second innings. Our first few overs weren't bad but then spinners came in and they didn't have much on offer. Our spinners don't have a history of bowling well with the wet ball. One of the World Cups, we were knocked out because we didn't bowl well with the wet ball.
Lendl Simmons (MoM): I came under pressure and had come here for a reason - to deliver and I delivered. I enjoy batting here. The fast outfield also helps
22:44 hrs IST: It has been a great day for West Indies cricket. Both the men and women have qualified for the finals of the World Twenty20 final. The men will take on England in the final while the women take on Australia.
22:38 hrs IST: Virat Kohli bowls the final over and Russell seals the deal with a four and a six. Wankhede is silenced and West Indies win by seven wickets to enter the final.
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22:35 hrs IST: Jadeja concedes 12 runs and West Indies need eight to win off six balls.
22:26 hrs IST: More drama! Simmons slogs a length ball to wide long on but Kohli steps on the ropes as he catches. In the last ball, he concedes a boundary as West Indies need 20 off 12.
22:20 hrs IST: Russell miscues a six to deep mid wicket and West Indies need 32 off 18 balls.
22:11 hrs IST: Simmons continues to have luck. A thick outside edge and it goes to third man for a boundary.
22:08 hrs IST: Unbelievable! This is bordering on the bizzare! Pandya gets Simmons but it is a no-ball. Next ball, Simmons capitalises on the free-hit by launching Pandya over deep mid wicket for a six.
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22:04 hrs IST: Massive hit. Russell deposits Pandya into the third tier of the stands at the Wankhede. That is a 99-meter six.
22:03 hrs IST: Andre Russell is into the attack. However, at this stage, West Indies are ahead of India.
22:02 hrs IST: Brilliant tactics from MS Dhoni to get Kohli into the attack. With the kind of form he is in, Kohli can even walk on water.
21:59 hrs IST: WICKET! Charles c Rohit Sharma b Kohli 52 (36) || Overs 13.1.
Kohli is truly the golden boy. He bowls a length ball on off stump, Charles mistimes the lofted shot and holes out to long off.
21:55 hrs IST: Jadeja is having a horror day. He concedes 12 runs in his third over
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21:50 hrs IST: Brilliant shot from Charles and he brings up his third fifty in Twenty20 internationals. The partnership is nearing 100.
21:46 hrs IST: Simmons cracks another four and the target is under 100 runs. On the last ball, Jadeja bowled a full toss and Darren Sammy, in the dug out, shouted at the umpire for a no-ball but it was a legitimate delivery.
21:43 hrs IST: Pandya also leaks runs. He concedes 12 runs and Simmons greets Jadeja by smashing a six off the first ball of the 11th over.
21:37 hrs IST: 14 runs conceded by Ashwin in his second over. He is having a poor night so far.
21:36 hrs IST: Charles blasts a six and a four off Ashwin to bring up the 50-run partnership. West Indies are hanging in there.
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21:30 hrs IST: WICKET for Ashwin! However, it is a no-ball. Ashwin's foot was not behind the crease. Simmons again cuts it to short third man and Bumrah takes the catch. On the free-hit, Ashwin bowls a full and wide delivery and Simmons lets it go.
21:26 hrs IST: Ashwin comes into the attack but he bowls his second ball short and wide, Simmons reaches out and cuts it to third man for a boundary.
21:24 hrs IST: In the air but safe! Simmons top-edges the slog sweep and it lands just out of reach of Bumrah.
21:23 hrs IST: Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack and Simmons, who got off the mark with a boundary, launches Jadeja into the stands at long off.
21:17 hrs IST: Charles gets going with two boundaries off Nehra. West Indies have moved to 28/2 after four overs.
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21:12 hrs IST: WICKET! Samuels c Rahane b Nehra 8 (7) || Overs 3 | West Indies 19/2.
Back of a length ball that holds its line, Samuels checks his shot as he tamely chips it to mid off and Rahane takes the catch easily. West Indies totally deflated.
21:09 hrs IST: For your information, Jasprit Bumrah was the bowler who got rid of Chris Gayle in the warm-up game in Kolkata.
21:07 hrs IST: Samuels gets going with two boundaries off Bumrah. Charles gets going with a straight boundary down the ground off Nehra. Next ball, he survives an LBW shout but the ball was pitching outside the line of leg stump.
21:04 hrs IST: WICKET! Chris Gayle b Bumrah 5 (6) || Overs 1.1.
Brilliant from Bumrah. He bowls a low, dipping full toss that swings in, Gayle is beaten by the swing and is cleaned up.
21:01 hrs IST: Jasprit Bumrah is into the attack. In the warm-up game at Kolkata, he was the one who dismissed Gayle.
21:00 hrs IST: Gayle gets going with a boundary. Shortish delivery and the batsman waits for it to pull it to deep mid wicket for a boundary. After one over, West Indies are 6/0.
20:58 hrs IST: Inside-edged but safe! Full ball and it is swinging away, Gayle looks to leave it and the ball takes the inside edge to go past the stumps.
20:56 hrs IST: Charles gets off the mark by tucking Nehra to fine leg. Gayle on strike.
20:55 hrs IST: Chris Gayle and Johnson Charles have come out to open. Ashish Nehra into the attack. Leg slip in place.
20:49 hrs IST: Welcome back for the run-chase. West Indies will not feel too deflated with this score. On this Wankhede pitch, England chased down 230 against South Africa while Gayle smashed a 100 against England to help West Indies chase down 183. This is a good batting pitch.
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20:38 hrs IST: Virat Kohli ends the innings in style. India reach 192/2 after 20 overs. This is a massive total. West Indies' hopes rest on Gayle.
20:31 hrs IST: 6,4,4,4. Kohli has taken Andre Russell to the cleaners. Can he get to a century and India past 200? Anything is possible thanks with his run-machine.
20:27 hrs IST: Andre Russell has come in for the 19th over. Can India go past 190?
20:25 hrs IST: Catch dropped! Kohli flat-bats a pull shot to long on and Brathwaite runs in for the catch, however, he is unable to latch on
20:19 hrs IST: Amazing batting from Kohli. He brings up his 16th fifty with a four to deep backward square leg. His average is in 2016 is 116. Unbelievable stuff from this run machine. India are 150/2 after 17 overs.
20:14 hrs IST: The Wankhede finds its voice as MS Dhoni comes to the middle. He will have good memories of Wankhede. Remember April 2, 2011? India are 133/3 after 16 overs.
20:11 hrs IST: WICKET! Rahane c Bravo b Russell 40 (35) || Overs 15.1.
Length ball on off stump, Rahane looks to launch it over deep mid wicket but ends up finding Dwayne Bravo who is standing near the boundary ropes, he takes the catch and dances to the champion jig, Wankhede is silenced
20:07 hrs IST: Brilliant from Kohli. Brathwaite bowls the yorker on off stump but Kohli angles the bat and glides it to third man for a boundary. After 15 overs, India are 127/1.
20:01 hrs IST: The fifty-run partnership is up between Kohli and Rahane. Chants of Sachin, Sachin reverberate around the Wankhede as India stare at a huge total.
19:59 hrs IST: 11 runs in Dwayne Bravo's over. The one notable thing, only one boundary. India are running the ones and twos very well.
19:57 hrs IST: Rahane is running brilliantly between the wickets. Kohli is gracious in his applause. Meanwhile, Kohli continues his sublime batting.
19:53 hrs IST: Almost a run-out! Kohli taps a slower ball to backward point and they take off for a risky single, Benn has a shy at the striker's end but he misses. Rahane would have been a goner. To compound matters, his bat also got stuck on the turf. India reach 100/1 after 12.2 overs.
19:47 hrs IST: Fantastic running from Kohli. He makes a bit of room and pats it to mid wicket for a couple.
19:42 hrs IST: Almost a hat-trick of run-outs. He taps a full ball to cover and sets off for a risky single but the throw is not good. Had it been accurate, Kohli was gone. In the last ball, Kohli tries to spank it over point but the ball past third man for a boundary.
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19:38 hrs IST: Crazy running from Kohli. The sparks fly in the previous ball when Kohli and Dwayne Bravo have a go at each other. In the free-hit, the batsman is deceived by the slower ball and he is looking for a run, Ramdin misses with the throw at the bowler's end, Bravo has another attempt but he misses. Twice, on a free-hit, Kohli survives. This is crazy.
19:34 hrs IST: Virat Kohli is into the attack and he gets a massive applause from the Wankhede crowd.
19:32 hrs IST: WICKET! Rohit Sharma LBW Badree 43 (31) || Overs 7.2.
Straight ball from Badree and Rohit plays down the wrong line, the umpire gives it. That ball was hitting leg stump.
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19:28 hrs IST: Some sanity in the seventh over. Benn concedes just seven runs as India move to 62/0.
19:23 hrs IST: BANG! Rohit Sharma is punishing the West Indies here. Russell bowls a high full toss and he deposits it over long leg for a six. Off the free-hit, he blasts a 92-meter six straight down the ground. He pulls a for to deep mid wicket. After six overs, India are 55/0. This is their best opening stand and their best score in the powerplay in this World T20.
19:19 hrs IST: Good fielding from Dwayne Bravo. Rahane pulls to deep mid wicket but Bravo moves to his right and stops it with his boot. Good fielding.
19:17 hrs IST: Brilliant stuff from Rohit. He slams two boundaries off Suleimann Benn to get going. In the next over, Rahane goes for a cut off Badree but the ball goes off the outside edge to third man.
19:14 hrs IST: Suleiman Benn into the attack. One slip in place. Can he get some spin off this deck?
19:13 hrs IST: Nine runs in the third over bowled by Brathwaite. India have moved to 15/0 in the third over.
19:10 hrs IST: Carlos Brathwaite comes into the attack and Rohit greets him with a wonderful flicked six over deep mid wicket.
19:06 hrs IST: Samuel Badree comes on from the other end. On the second ball, Rohit plays down the wrong line to a wrong-un and West Indies appeal for an LBW, but the ball was going down the leg side.
19:04 hrs IST: Good start for Russell. After one over, India are 2/0.
19:03 hrs IST: Good start from Russell. He beats Rohit with a leg-cutter but on the fourth ball, Rohit flicks to mid wicket but Samuel Badree misfields.
19:02 hrs IST: For the first time in a very long time, two Mumbai openers are out in the middle at the Wankhede. Takes you back to the nostalgia of the 80s.
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19:00 hrs IST: The Wankhede is packed. Rohit and Rahane are out in the middle. Andre Russell will open the bowling. One slip in place.
18:58 hrs IST: The national anthems of both the teams are done. It is time for action. Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane are out to open the innings. The West Indies players are in the huddle.
18:56 hrs IST: It is time for the national anthems. Rally round the West Indies is not a anthem but it is a song. Time for 'Jana Gana Mana'.
18:49 hrs IST: This is a big call, dropping Shikhar Dhawan for the semi-final. Including both Pandey and Rahane is a mighty gutsy call by Dhoni. However, one can never know with his tactics. Some come off spectacularly.
18:41 hrs IST: Here are the playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah
West Indies: Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin(w), Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn
18:38 hrs IST: Captain speak: Self belief has been our key. We wanted to beat India in India. This is why we have come here. Ready for the challenge: Darren Sammy.
Wankhede pitch has something for everyone: MS Dhoni
18:35 hrs IST: West Indies have won the toss and they will bowl first against India. Ajinkya Rahane and Manish Pandey are in the team. Shikhar Dhawan dropped. Yuvraj Singh injured.
18:30 hrs IST: The pitch has a little bit of grass covering. It is a dry wicket.
18:18 hrs IST: Chris Gayle's average against India is 51.33, the highest that he has had against any team. However, since his 98 in the 2010 World Cup, he has not scored much against India.
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18:09 hrs IST: West Indies have also had a late inclusion in the team. Andre Fletcher was ruled out of the tournament due to a hamstring injury and Lendl Simmons has replaced him. Simmons' inclusion will boost the West Indies as his experience at the Wankhede and for Mumbai Indians will come in handy.
18:08 hrs IST: Jones, Sangakkara and Gavaskar have stated that India are the favorites heading into this clash. However, Sangakkara said that the match is evenly poised and one should not read too much into Darren Sammy's words that it is an 80-20 contest.
18:06 hrs IST: Dean Jones, former Australia batsman, said that Pawan Negi should be in the playing XI as he feels hitting a spinner in Twenty20s is the most difficult thing. He added that West Indies' fortune depended upon how Chris Gayle scored.
18:04 hrs IST: Before the start of the match, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has said that Rahane should play in the semi-final. The Indian top order has struggled and in order to ease the pressure on Virat Kohli, Rahane should be in the top order. Kumar Sangakkara, former Sri Lankan batsman, echoed Gavaskar's point but added that Yuvraj's big-hitting in a pressure situation will be missed.
18:02 hrs IST: India will be heading into the match without Yuvraj Singh, who was ruled out of the tournament after he sustained an ankle injury. Manish Pandey has been drafted into the squad. However, the indication is that Ajinkya Rahane might play.
18:00 hrs IST: Road to the final, West Indies: The 2012 champions began with a record-breaking win against England, thanks to Chris Gayle's century. They defeated Sri Lanka and South Africa but came crashing down to earth with a loss to Afghanistan.
17:59 hrs IST: Road to the finals, India: MS Dhoni's team began with a loss to New Zealand in Nagpur. However, they bounced back in style by defeating Pakistan in Kolkata and winning a tense clash against Bangladesh by one run. In the do-or-die clash against Australia, Virat Kohli's master-class helped India into the semi-finals.
17:58 hrs IST: Both teams have had a roller-coaster journey in this edition of the World Twenty20. Here is a look at the road to the finals in this tournament.
17:55 hrs IST: It is a David vs Goliath clash. It is the match between Dominance and Flair. It is time for the second semi-final between India and West Indies from the Wankhede.
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It is the clash of the West Indies flair versus the Indian juggernaut. It is the clash between teams which are familiar with each other. Heading into the match, even Sachin Tendulkar did not want to pick a clear winner. However, Dhoni's team have momentum ahead of this clash while the West Indies are determined to show they are no pushovers.
Yuvraj's Injury a Selection Conundrum
The injury of Yuvraj Singh has given the Indian team a selection conundrum. Manish Pandey has been called in as cover but it looks like Ajinkya Rahane could get his first game of the tournament.
Team director Ravi Shastri has said that the West Indies are a dangerous team and that they cannot be taken lightly. "I still believe we have played only 70 per cent to our abilities in this tournament. There are still areas where we can improve. Let's hope it happens tomorrow," Shastri said.
The Kohli Factor
"For a guy so small, he looks a very tall individual when it comes to confidence." These words of Sir Vivian Richards on Virat Kohli sum up the magnitude of the Indian batsman. He has in awesome form in Twenty20 Internationals in 2016, averaging close to 90. The West Indies will have to bowl out of their skins if they are to get Kohli out in this present form
'Haven't you Heard of Chris Gayle?'
These were the words spoken by skipper Darren Sammy when asked about the Kohli factor. He countered it with the Chris Gayle factor, who has a hundred at the Wankhede and is capable of changing the game totally.
"I think it is 80-20 to India, so it feels like David vs. Goliath contest but people tend to forget David won the fight, so it's something similar to that," Sammy said.
Heading into the contest, nobody is giving West Indies a chance. They have not a Twenty20 International against them since 2010 but the men from the Caribbean want to win back the respect which was absent heading into the tournament.
This contest at the Wankhede will be a thriller, considering that the wicket will be friendly for batting. It is a clash between two powerhouses in this format.