ICC World Twenty20 2016 - 2nd Semi-Final
(India vs West Indies)
West Indies power hit their way to World T20 final
| India | vs | West Indies |
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| 192/2 (20) | 196/3 (19.4) | |
| West Indies won by 7 wickets | ||
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| Photo © ICC |
A man who was caught off a no-ball twice beat a man who should have been run out twice off a free hit. That was how comical - and spectacular - this World T20 semi-final was. And the ultimate gag was that Virat Kohli's 89 not out off 47 balls was nothing short of a batting clinic, but Lendl Simmons 82 not out off 51 balls led a West Indian demolition job that left India's chances of winning another title at home in the rubble.
A target of 193 wouldn't have frightened Darren Sammy. He has been talking up Chris Gayle all through the World T20, but seven balls into the chase, he might have felt nervous. His kingpin was clean bowled by Jasprit Bumrah and Marlon Samuels, who won this very trophy with one of the finest displays of batsmanship, went away without a peep. West Indies were 19 for 2, already the required rate had hit double-digits and the men they had in the middle were Johnson Charles, who accumulates dot balls like his partner Simmons, who had arrived in India only on Tuesday, had accumulated air miles.
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