West Indies beat India by 14 runs
West Indies captain Chris Gayle struck a powerful 98 to lead his team
to a 14 run victory over India in the Twenty20 World Cup in front of a
wildly celebrating home crowd on Sunday.
The win means West Indies can reach the semi-finals with victory over
Australia on Tuesday but leaves India facing almost certain elimination
after their second loss in the Super Eight stage.
Gayle produced a combination of prudency and power and his 66-ball
knock only ended when he was run out in the final over of the innings,
two short of what would have been his second century in a Twenty20
international.
The total of 169 for six was a challenging one and India were never
up with the run-rate despite a good knock of 32 from Suresh Raina and an
aggressive 29 from 18 balls from skipper M.S Dhoni.
Despite a passionate crowd roaring them on, West Indies suffered some
late nerves when Kemar Roach bowled four wides and a no ball in the
penultimate over.
But Dwayne Bravo kept his cool in the last over to set the horns
hooting and the fists pumping in the stands.
India were unchanged from their previous match against Australia,
which they lost by 49 runs, also at Kensington on Friday.
BRIDGETOWN, Sunday, Reuters
WEST INDIES
C. Gaylerun out 98
S. Chanderpaul c Dhoni b Nehra 23
D. Sammyc Vijay b Jadeja 19
K. Pollard c Pathan b Zaheer Khan 17
D. Bravo c Sharma b Nehra 1
R. Sarwan c Sharma b Nehra 0
W. Hinds not out 0
D. Ramdin not out 4
Extras (lb4, w2, nb1) 7
TOTAL (6 wkts, 20 overs) 169
Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Chanderpaul), 2-119 (Sammy), 3-160 (Pollard), 4-163 (Bravo), 5-164 (Sarwan), 6-165 (Gayle)
Bowling: Harbhajan 4-0-16-0; Zaheer 4-0-36-1 (1nb); Nehra 4-0-35-3 (1w); Pathan 4-0-28-0 (1w); Raina 2-0-23-0; Jadeja 2-0-27-1.
INDIA
M. Vijay c Pollard b Sammy 7
G. Gambhir c Ramdin b Roach 15
S. Raina c Sammy b Gayle 32
R. Sharma c Ramdin b Pollard 5
Yuvraj Singh c Chanderpaul b Benn 12
MS Dhoni run out 29
Y. Pathan c Hinds b Taylor 17
Harbhajan Singh c Bravo b Roach 14
R. Jadeja not out 5
A. Nehra c Benn b Bravo 0
Zaheer Khan not out 0
Extras(lb2, w15, nb2) 19
TOTAL (9 wkts, 20 overs) 155
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Vijay), 2-27 (Gambhir), 3-38 (Sharma), 4-80 (Raina),
5-81 (Yuvraj Singh), 6-114 (Pathan), 7-140 (Dhoni), 8-150 (Harbhajan), 9-152 (Nehra)
Bowling: Sammy 3-0-16-1 (1nb, 1w); Taylor 4-0-24-1 (4w); Roach 4-0-38-2 (1nb, 7w);
Bravo 4-0-28-1; Pollard 2-0-23-1 (2w); Gayle 2-0-22-1 (1w); Benn 1-0-2-1. |
