India beat the defending champions West Indies by seven wickets with two balls to extra in the Super 10 game at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on Sunday.
Pursuing 130 for the triumph Rohit Sharma (62 not out from 55 balls) and Virat Kohli (54 from 51 balls) sewed together an union of 106 for the second wicket after Shikhar Dhawan was out leg-before of Samuel Badree for blob in the first over.
In the end, India made overwhelming climate of the run-pursue as Yuvraj Singh (10 from 19 balls) looked a tad scratchy. Requiring a run off the last over, Yuvraj played two dot balls from Marlon Samuels and was out the following ball skimming the turning conveyance towards Chris Gayle in the slip. Suresh Raina completed the amusement with a square cut for a boundary which now gives India an incredible shot of fitting the bill for the semi-last.
India's trained bowling didn't permit West Indies to get the energy in the amusement. Bhuvneshwar Kumar's first spell of three overs had Dwayne Smith in a situation. The Indian opening bowler surrendered a simple three runs in as numerous overs. Mohammed Shami excessively was in great musicality. He prompted an edge from Gayle which was spilled around Ravichandran Ashwin in the first slip.
Amit Mishra bowled combatively once more and denied West Indies with an immaculate launchpad. In the wake of getting hit for a six off his first ball from Gayle, the leg-spinner hurled the roll up and instigated a false shot from the West Indies opener. Yuvraj Singh fielding at profound square-leg misconceived the find giving Gayle his second life.
The tight overs included a considerable measure of weight West Indies batsmen and Gayle was run-out soon. Mishra had Samuels befuddled in the wake of displaying him cordiality of an impeccably circled leg-break. Dwayne Bravo was tricked by a Mishra googly that got him plumb in the front.
Indian bowling didn't let West Indies hurry. At last a 21-run Ravindra Jadeja over gave West Indies innings a demeaner of respectability.
Unfortunately the aggregate was didn't inconvenience the propelled Indians as they made the run-pursue resemble a run in the recreation center.
Brief scores:
West Indies 129 for 7 in 20 overs (Chris Gayle 34, Lendl Simmons 27; Ravindra Jadeja 3 for 48, Amit Mishra 2 for 18) lost to India 130 for 3 in 19.4 overs (Rohit Sharma 62*, Virat Kohli 54; Andre Russell 1 for 12, Marlon Samuels 1 for 22) by 7 wickets with 2 balls to spare.
Man of the Match: Amit Mishra (India)
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