In a nail-biting finish in the second semi-final between India and West Indies, the Caribbeans came out as winners defeating the home side by 7 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Virat Kohli's purple patch continued as he scored a brilliant unbeaten score of 89 to propel India to a competitive total of 192. Despite losing Chris Gayle early, West Indies batsmen ensured that they were in the contest all along and fought their way to a win riding some luck.
Here are the major stats from the game:
1 – This was the first time that India played out the powerplays without losing a single wicket in this World T20.
1 – Virat Kohli has become the first player to score 250-plus runs in two editions of the World T20. He has 273 runs in this edition while he scored 319 runs in the 2014 World T20.
1 – Jasprit Bumrah conceded a six for the first time in the World T20. It was in his 118th ball of the tournament.
2 – This was only the second time that a six was hit off a free hit in the World T20. The previous six was hit by Afghanistan's Mohammad Shahzad.
3 – This was only the third time that the first two partnerships of India’s batting innings has crossed 50 in T20Is.
3 – This was only the third time that a team has had their top three batsmen scoring 40 or more in T20Is. The last two instances of this occurring were for New Zealand against England in 2013 and for India against Australia in 2016.
3 – Lendl Simmons scored his third consecutive half-century in T20s in India. His last two half-centuries came in the 2015 IPL season.
4 – Virat Kohli picked up only his fourth wicket in T20Is when he dismissed Johnson Charles. The last time he picked up a wicket in T20Is was in 2012.
4 – India lost the toss for the fourth time in the World T20. India won the toss only in the match against Pakistan.
12.76 – Virat Kohli's innings had the second lowest percentage of dot balls for an innings that included more than 40 balls. The lowest percentage in T20Is also belongs to Kohli when he had only 11.36% in the 2014 World T20 semi-final against South Africa.
14 – Since his comeback, Ashish Nehra has picked up wickets in 14 matches out of the 15 he has played. He has been wicketless in only 1 match.
16 – Virat Kohli has now scored 16 fifties in T20Is. This is the highest number of 50-plus scores for any batsman in T20Is, overtaking Brendon McCullum and Chris Gayle who have 15 50-plus scores.
19 – The number of doubles that India had scored is the third most in T20Is. The highest number of doubles scored is by Pakistan against South Africa in 2016.
27 – Samuel Badree has opened the bowling for West Indies in all the 27 T20Is he has played for West Indies.
37.84 – Rohit Sharma's batting average at the Wankhede Stadium in 40 innings at a strike rate of 136.06.
43* – Andre Russell's score in this match is his highest in T20Is. His previous highest was 24* against England in 2014.
43 – Rohit Sharma scored his highest score of the World T20. His previous highest was 18 and had scored only 45 runs in the 4 previous innings.
55 – India's score in the first six overs was their highest score in the powerplays in the World T20.
62 – The partnership between Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma was India's highest for the first wicket in the World T20. The previous highest was 42 by Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma against Bangladesh.
64* – The partnership between Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, in 27 balls, was the pair's second 60-plus partnership of the tournament. The previous one was 67* off 31 balls against Australia.
77.60 – The number of runs scored per wicket in this match. This is the highest for any T20I.
83* – Lendl Simmons’ knock against India was the fourth highest individual score for West Indies in T20Is. This was also his highest score in T20Is.
89* – Virat Kohli's score is his second highest in T20Is. His highest in the format is 90* which he scored against Australia in 2016. This was the second highest individual score for India in a losing cause.
97 – The partnership between Johnson Charles and Lendl Simmons was the fifth-highest partnership for any wicket for West Indies in World T20s.
136.50 – Virat Kohli's batting average in the World T20 is the highest for any batsman. Kohli's strike rate has been 146.77 in the tournament so far.
189.36 – Virat Kohli's strike rate in his innings of 89* is the highest for any player in T20Is who has faced more than 40 deliveries and hitting just one or no sixes.
192 – India's score against West Indies is their second highest in World T20s. Their highest is 218 against England in 2007.
273 – Virat Kohli is now the highest run-getter in the main round of the World T20 in 5 innings. Kohli has scored 3 fifties in the tournament.
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