OUT! R Ashwin gets a wicket in his first over but wait, its a no-ball, a front-foot no-ball. Free hit! Dot ball. Bowls it full, bowls it wide to the off. WI 51/2 in 7 overs.
11 runs came from Ravindra Jadeja's first over. West Indies need a partnership here and they also need to score at a good pace also.
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Three dot balls followed by a single and a boundary. Good over from Nehra. West Indies 33/2 in 5 overs.
West Indies need 165 runs in 16 overs to win the match.
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After Virat Kohli's 47-ball 89 powered India to a big total in Mumbai, West Indies lost Chris Gayle (5) and Marlon Samuels cheaply to India seamers.
Johnson Charles hits consecutive fours off Jasprit Bumrah. WI 28/2 in 4 overs.
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Four runs. Charles plays Nehra straight down the ground. OUT! Here goes another one. Ashisn Nehra dismisses Marlon Samuels for 8. WI 19/1 in 3 overs.
OUT! Jasprit Bumrah gets rid of Chris Gayle on his first delivery. Chris Gayle bowled for 5. West Indies 6/1 in 1.1 overs.
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Chris Gayle and Johnson Charles are opening the batting for West Indies. Ashish Nehra starts with four dot ball in a row. Four runs. Gayle pulls it to deep midwicket. ENd of over 1: WI 6/0
Rohit Sharma (43) and Ajinkya Rahane (40) gave India a flying start and then Virat Kohli played another brilliant innings to take the hosts to a big total in the 1st semi-final in Mumbai.
Bravo bowling 20th over. Single followed by a double. What a running. A tripple on a misfield. FOur runs. Kolhi again. What a shot. Single off the last ball. India 192/2 in 20 overs.
Andre Russell comes in to bowl. Single followed by a double. SIX! Kohli plays it over long on. Two fours in a row. What a player! India 180/2 in 19 overs.
Dwayne Bravo comes in to bowl the next over. Three singles from first three balls of the over. Four runs. Braithwaite misses a tough catch at the boundary and its a boundary. Four runs. Inside-out to deep extra cover from Kohli. India 161/2 in 18 overs.
Fifty up for Kohli. What an outstanding form is he is right now. Another brilliant over for India. 17 runs came from the over. India 150/2 in 17 overs.
OUT! Ajinkya Rahane falls to Andre Russel for 40. India 128/2 in 15.3 overs.
Another good over for India. 11 came from Benn's over. INDIA 120/1 in 14 overs.
Rohit Sharma (43) gave India a flying start before Samuel Badree broke the 62-run opening stand but Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane kept the momentum in India's favour.
Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kolhi have not put India in a strong position. They are scoring runs at a quick pace without taking much risk. Four runs. Kolhi plays Bravo to the leg side. 11 runs came from the over. India 109/1 in 13 overs.
Brathwaite comes in to bowl his second over. Single followed by a double. End of over 11: India 91/1 in 11 overs.
Samuel Badree comes in to bowl his last over. Wide balls followed by a double. Four runs. Short balls and Kohli hammers it to deep midwicket. 10 runs came from the over. India 86/1 in 10 overs.
No-ball and its a free hit! WOW! West Indies have missed a run out. Another run out missed and Kohli's outside edge goes to third man for four runs. India 76/1 in 9 overs.
End of over 8: India 66/1 vs West Indies.
Rohit Sharma (43) and Ajinkya Rahane gave India a quick start in the 1st semi-final in Mumbai before Samuel Badree broke the 62-run opening stand in the eighth over.
OUT! Rohit Sharma falls to Samuel Badree for 43. India 62/1 in 7.2 overs.
India innings:
SIX! Rohit hits a big one off Andre Russell for a big one. And its a no-ball. Free-hit! SIX! 92 metres. Straight down the ground. Four runs. This time to deep midwicket. End of over 6: India 55/0
Rahane hits back-to-back boundaries off Samuel Badree. Nine runs came from the over. IND 35/0 in 5 overs.
Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane gave India a positive start after West Indies won the toss and opted to field in the first semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Sulieman Benn comes in to bowl the fourth over. Two runs off the first ball followed by two dots. Four runs. What a shot from Rohit! Perfect timing. Four more. This time to backward square leg. End of over 4: India 26/0.
Carlos Brathwaite comes in as the first bowling change and Rohit welcomes him with a boundary over long on boundary. Dot ball followed by two singles. Nine runs from the over. India 15/0 in 3 overs.
Samuel Badree comes in to bowl the next over. Two singles followed by two dot balls. Another good over for West Indies. Four runs came from it. India 6/0 in 2 overs.
Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane are opening the batting for India. Andre Russell starts the first over. Three dot balls followed by a misfield that goes for a single. Good start from West Indies. India 2/0 after 1 over.
Playing XIs
West Indies: Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin(wk), Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn
India: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(wk/c), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah.
Manish Pandey comes in to replace injured Yuvraj Singh while Ajinkya Rahane gets a chance in the playing XI of India. For WI, Lendl Simmons has come in for Andre Fletcher.
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