T20 world cup: India beat WI by 7 wickets

Mirpur: India beat defending champions West Indies by seven-wicket in a group league encounter to brighten their chance of a semi-final berth in the ICC World T20 on Sunday.
Yuvraj Singh (10) was a bit scratchy in the end but Raina finished with a square cut off Narine.
Virat faced 41 balls hitting five fours and a six while Rohit’s knock contained five fours and two sixes in 55 balls.
This was after Indian spinners led by man-of-the-match Amit Mishra kept the West Indies batting under tight check. This was also the first time that India beat West Indies at a World T20 event.

Kohli and Rohit were not in a mood to delay the proceedings as they tore apart the West Indies bowlers with some clean hitting.

Rohit picked up Sunil Narine for some special treatment as he lofted him over long-off for a six. The second six was a half-tracker that was pulled over deep mid-wicket boundary.

Kohli started with a four and then pulled Badree over deep mid-wicket for a six. After that, there was no stopping for the Indian batsmen as both matched each other stroke for stroke during their 106-run partnership for the second wicket with century of the stand coming in only 74 balls.

Indian spinners yet again put on a dominating show as they restricted defending champions West Indies to a modest 129 for seven.
Amit Mishra performed admirably as he was the pick of the Indian bowlers with fantastic figures of two for 18 while Ravichandran Ashwin (1/24) also kept the batsmen under tight leash with his leg-stump line.

Ravindra Jadeja (3/48) took some stick from Lendl Simmons (27) but should also be lauded for getting important breakthroughs. Team India’s spin trio accounted for six of the seven wickets that fell during the innings.

Chris Gayle (34) was the top scorer but was not at all in his element as the other West Indies batsmen showed their ineptness against a quality spin attack.