RUNNING OUT OF STEAM

After surviving close games due to luck and Virat Kohli’s brilliance, India ran out of steam against West Indies in the semifinal in Mumbai

THAT MAN, VIRAT

After West Indies squandered two attempts to run him out, Virat resumed his sublime batting. The success of his batting relied on the fact that he didn’t depend on big hits but on good cricketing shots and brilliant running between the wickets. He ran 44 per cent of his runs.

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Rohit Sharma had failed throughout the tournament but clicked (43) in front of his home crowd on the best batting surface India have got in the WT20. Together with Ajinkya Rahane (40), he put on 62 runs for the first wicket in 7.2 overs.

BOWLING BLUES

India bowlers failed miserably. Apart from erring in line, they bowled no balls on deliveries that got wickets. The WI batsmen regularly hit sixes, tonking 11 of them. Lendl Simmons and Johnson Charles put on 97 for third wicket and Simmons-Andre Russell put on 80 for the unbroken fourth.

WI’S EARLY JITTERS

India got both Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels early. Gayle, who has played in the V throughout the tournament, surprisingly played across to a Bumrah full toss. West Indies were in early trouble and India thought they had the

game.