West Indies Wednesday beat India by seven wickets in ICC World Twenty20 semi-final played in Mumbai, Samaa reported.
West Indies would face England in World T20 final on April 3
Kohli to Russell, SIX, WEST INDIES ARE IN THE WORLD T20 FINAL! Russell has put the length ball in the stands, far beyond deep midwicket and his team-mates rush on to the field in a flash. Celebrations in the middle, deathly silence all around.
Kohli to Russell, FOUR, mows across the line, the ball races across the turf, there’s no fielder in sight, West Indies are four runs closer! Russell did not hit that well, but he is like the Hulk and it’s good enough
Kohli to Russell, no run, a good length ball skids on to the pads, Russell pulls and misses, the ball goes to short third man
Kohli to Simmons, 1 run, a full ball on the pads, pushed towards deep midwicket for a single
Vamsi: “Kohli to bowl the last over, defend and complete taking the mantle from Sachin ?”
VIRAT KOHLI IS BOWLING THE FINAL OVER. Who would have thought it would come to this?
End of over 19 (12 runs) West Indies 185/3 (8 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.73, RRR: 8.00)
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- AD Russell33 (17b 2×4 3×6)
- LMP Simmons81 (50b 7×4 5×6)
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- RA Jadeja4-0-48-0
- JJ Bumrah4-0-42-1
Jadeja to Russell, FOUR, What a shot, what incredible power, Russell gets down on one knee and just blitzes the ball to the cover boundary, how quickly that travelled off the ball, tracer buller, as India’s team manager would say
Dhoni talks to his bowler. Grim faces in the crowd. Tense.
They are changing the ball because that was lost in the crowd.
Jadeja to Russell, SIX, deathly silence at the Wankhede. Length ball with room outside off, Russell slams it straight over the bowler’s head, and very far, very very far
Jadeja to Russell, no run, gold for India, a dot ball. Bowled full and straight, played back to the bowler.
Jadeja to Simmons, 1 run, just a single, Simmons pulls but can’t beat the man at deep midwicket
Vish: “Two styles of cricket here… India were dying making singles, where WI, blindly swings for a whopping 4 or 6.”
Jadeja to Russell, 1 run, flat and fast, slapped down the ground to long on for a single
Jadeja to Russell, no run, fired wide outside off stump, nearly a wide, but no quite, the batsman slogs and misses
West Indies need 20 off two overs. This is a game of nerves now. Dhoni sets his field, he has a helmet on. So Jadeja is going to bowl.
End of over 18 (12 runs) West Indies 173/3 (20 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.61, RRR: 10.00)
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- LMP Simmons80 (49b 7×4 5×6)
- AD Russell22 (12b 1×4 2×6)
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- JJ Bumrah4-0-42-1
- A Nehra4-0-24-1
Bumrah to Simmons, FOUR, after playing dots off the first three balls, Simmons has taken 12 off the last three! Terrific comeback. The last ball is full and wide outside off. Simmons stands his ground and slashes, third man is in the circle and the ball sails over him for four more
Shakeena: “He is a cat this Lendl Simmons…”
Bumrah to Simmons, 2 runs, a low full toss, Simmons nails the drive, hitting it hard towards the extra cover boundary, Pandya races to his left and dives to save two runs
Bumrah to Simmons, SIX, is that a six? Is that caught? It’s all happening! Simmons smashed the slower ball this time, high into the night sky, but when it landed Jadeja was running to his left on the wide long on boundary to take the catch. He was going to go over the boundary and so he lobbed it to Kohli, who caught the throw. But Kohli does not celebrate much, he perhaps knows Jadeja’s foot has touched the boundary just after he caught it. It’s a six!
Bumrah to Simmons, no run, three dots in a row! A slower one outside off again, this time on a good length, Simmons slogs hard but misses again, pressure building now on West Indies
Bumrah to Simmons, no run, full and wide outside off, Simmons lunges and slogs, it’s a slower one again but on a very different length, Simmons fails to connect, two huge deliveries for India …
Bumrah to Simmons, no run, the shorter ball and so slow! Simmons charged and then bailed out of the shot because he was far too early
Akshay: “Tough job for Dhoni here with Bumrah having just one left & need to rely on Ashwin and Jadeja to defend the score at the last.”
West Indies need 32 off 18 balls to qualify for the final. Their Women’s team are already in the final. What a night it would be for them …
End of over 17 (10 runs) West Indies 161/3 (32 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.47, RRR: 10.66)
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- LMP Simmons68 (43b 6×4 4×6)
- AD Russell22 (12b 1×4 2×6)
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- A Nehra4-0-24-1
- JJ Bumrah3-0-30-1
Nehra to Simmons, 1 run, in the blockhole again from around the wicket, driven to long on, Simmons made room by moving outside leg
Mohit: “For all the talk about hard running between the wickets, this ‘stand and deliver’ is SIX times better! ”
Nehra to Russell, 1 run, nearly in the blockhole, Russell backs away and slugs it towards long on
Nehra to Russell, SIX, this is some power hitting from Russell, he moves back and towards the off and pulls a short ball over deep midwicket, such power, did not look like he timed it but when you have those muscles …
Nehra to Russell, no run, in the blockhole, top delivery, Russell plays it back to the bowler
Devansh: “Can India get out of jail just one more time? Over to Dhoni”
Nehra to Simmons, 1 leg bye, short of a length from around the wicket, Simmons moves forward and towards the off to glance off his hips, doesn’t make proper contact to short fine leg
Sanjit: “This is becoming a cakewalk for Windies. They are belting sixes with no trouble”
Nehra to Russell, 1 run, a full toss outside off, rather low, Russell hits it to long off for a single
West Indies need only 42 off 24. Nehra has been brought back for his final over. This is a ripping finish.
End of over 16 (13 runs) West Indies 151/3 (42 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 9.43, RRR: 10.50)
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- LMP Simmons67 (41b 6×4 4×6)
- AD Russell14 (8b 1×4 1×6)
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- JJ Bumrah3-0-30-1
- HH Pandya4-0-43-0
Bumrah to Simmons, SIX, shot! Simmons is playing a blinder, he has silenced his home crowd, he plays for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Bumrah bowls length, Simmons gets under that length and slams the ball over the straight boundary with a powerful drive
Bumrah to Russell, 1 run, that ball skids at pace off the pitch, cramping Russell for room, he fends the ball down on the leg side for a single
Bumrah to Simmons, 1 run, in the blockhole, driven hard to Ashwin at cover, there’s no one at the bowler’s end but Ashwin throws and concedes an overthrow
Bumrah to Simmons, FOUR, he aims for down the ground but the ball flies off the outside edge, it sails in the air towards third man but the fielders are in the circle and that’s another four for the West Indies!
Bumrah to Simmons, no run, he charges too early, Bumrah sees him coming and shortens the length outside off, Simmons’ slog connects with nothing
Bumrah to Russell, 1 run, a full toss, Russell bashes it past the bowler, forcing the umpire to duck, Kohli races to his left from long on to save the four
Ganesh K: “More shocking than the no-balls are how the umpires are consistently missing to spot them. Too lax.”
Dhoni’s gone back to Bumrah.
End of over 15 (18 runs) West Indies 138/3 (55 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 9.20, RRR: 11.00)
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- LMP Simmons56 (37b 5×4 3×6)
- AD Russell12 (6b 1×4 1×6)
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- HH Pandya4-0-43-0
- V Kohli1-0-4-1
Pandya to Simmons, SIX, the free-hit is in the stands! Simmons slams a length ball from just outside off stump high and far, deep over the cow corner boundary, such a free swing of his arms, what a turn of events
Pandya to Simmons, 1 no ball, Pandya’s got a wicket of a full toss! That was so friendly just under waist height, and Simmons has slapped it flat and straight to Ashwin at cover. But hang on, Simmons has a second life! Pandya has over-stepped! He will bat on, and he has a free hit coming up. Big no-ball.
The West Indies men and women will be playing their World T20 finals at Eden Gardens on April 3. We all said Chris Gayle would be key to the chase. What did we know? Charles, Simmons and Russell have sunk India in a tremendous display of power-hitting. They sent 11 balls into the stands at the Wankhede to go with 20 fours and that was too much damage for India to control.
Spare a thought for Virat Kohli. He’s had an incredible tournament, and tonight it was him against the West Indies, and even his best wasn’t enough.
Chandresh: “146 VS 92 – Thats the runs scored in boundaries.”
Pradeep: “R Ashwin bowled 2 overs in a virtual QF, 2 overs in a semifinal both at home where he should be the Shane Warne or Murali. How do you call him World Class or World’s best? Thats Dhoni’s confidence on his premier spinner.”
Hypocaust: “After that trouncing in the group stage, how many predicted West Indies v England would be the final line-up?”
Frost: “It will be fun to watch a revenge match between England and WI. No one had counted WI, but look at them. This is the magic of T20.”
Lendl Simmons is Man of the Match: “I slept the whole flight, I had got a call after the Afghanistan game and they asked if I was fit to play, I said yeah … I played for Mumbai, I enjoy this pitch. I think it was one of my better innings … I got the opportunity to prove myself to my fans … Playing on this pitch I know 180-190 was a par score … the guys said they were ten runs short, I believed that … I got three chances, two no-balls and a six went my way and I cashed in.”