A place in the final is up for grabs as India take on the unpredictable West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. With the likes of Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Dwayne Bravo and Ravichandran Ashwin in action, there will be no shortage of nerve-wracking moments.
While India’s campaign in this edition of the World T20 has been nothing short of a roller coaster ride, West Indies have had a rather smooth passage to the semi-finals. After the humbling at the hands of New Zealand, the hosts rediscovered their mojo with a thumping victory over Pakistan.
The miraculous last-ball win against Bangladesh was followed by Kohli’s conquest of Australia. Even as the bowling attack has been performing adequately, MS Dhoni would want his batsmen to step up and relieve Kohli off his heavy burden.
On the other hand, West Indies skipper Darren Sammy should ask his team-mates to forget the shock defeat against Afghanistan and dispel theories surrounding their inability to play quality spin.
India vs West Indies, Today’s Match Live Streaming Details
TV Channel: Star Sports 1, HD1 (English) and 3, HD3 (Hindi)
Online Stream: www.starsports.com, Hotstar App
Date: 31 March 2016, Thursday
Time: 19:00 IST, 13:30 GMT
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
India vs West Indies Ball by ball cricket commentary
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Team News
Indian Team
The biggest news emerging from India's camp is that veteran middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh’s injury has worsened significantly enough to rule him out of the tournament. Manish Pandey has been confirmed to take his place in the squad.
The team management’s only dilemma will be if they want to play Pandey in his preferred number 5 slot or use the services of Ajinkya Rahane who is more of a top-order batsman. But, the bowling unit is more or less settled and unlikely to see any changes.
West Indies Team
Chris Gayle sat out of their previous match against Afghanistan due to a hamstring injury. However, he has regained his full fitness and even sounded a warning ahead of the crucial encounter.
Meanwhile, the other opener Andre Fletcher’s hamstring has resulted in him being sidelined. Lendl Simmons who flew in at short notice is in the fray for playing his first game of the competition.
Teams (Predicted XI)
Indian Squad
Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane/Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (C) (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra
West Indies Squad
Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles, Lendl Simmons/Evin Lewis, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin (WK), Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy (C), Carlos Brathwaite, Samuel Badree, Suleiman Benn
Recent Form IND vs WI
India: W-W-W-L-W
West Indies: L-W-W-W-W
Key Stats IND vs WI
- 2- Surprisingly, India and West Indies have met each other only four times in T20Is with each team winning twice.
- 2- Chris Gayle needs to hit two more sixes to become the first batsman to smash 100 sixes in T20Is.
- 15- Virat Kohli is joint equal with Gayle and Brendon McCullum for the most fifty-plus scores in T20Is (includes hundreds too) with 15 such knocks.
- 46- Dwayne Bravo is the highest wicket-taker for West Indies in T20Is with 46 scalps.
- 50- MS Dhoni has not scored a single half-century in T20Is yet.
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