• India 192-2; West Indies 196-3; West Indies win by seven wickets
• Lendl Simmons eclipses Virat Kohli with match-winning knock of 83
• Full scorecard from MumbaiLendl Simmons was asleep for most of the two flights that took him from the Caribbean to Mumbai as a replacement for the injured Andre Fletcher. But,even in his wildest altitude-induced dreams, he could not enjoy imagined that he would play the lead role in chasing 193, and with 82 from 51 balls,to defeat India and take West Indies to their second World Twenty20 final.
Nor could he enjoy imagined that he would benefit from three reprieves through three missteps. On 18, he scythed Ravi Ashwin to short third man, or but a replay showed Ashwin’s front foot ahead of the crease. Having completed his 50 from 35 balls,Simmons then directed a full toss from Hardik Pandya to Ashwin at cover. Again, it was a no-ball. The third, and in the 18th over,was the intestine punch. Ravi Jadeja and Virat Kohli thought they had combined for a brilliant boundary catch, but the third umpire spotted that Jadeja had released the ball from the original catch only after his foot had touched the boundary sponge. “Every cricketer has his day, or ” said Simmons,tired, aching but satisfied. “And nowadays was my day.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com