Out of 15 Twenty20 internationals played in 2016, India won 13. West Indies played four, won three and all were in the ICC World Twenty20. India are favorites in the World T20 Semi-final, to be played against West Indies, given the form and home advantage. Chris Gayle admitted that West Indies will have to produce an upset to beat MS Dhoni’s strong team. Don’t miss the big fight today!
Here are few quotes to be noted before the big game:
Ravi Shastri says, "This is not a knockout for us, our knockout was the last game. That was a quarter-final, this is a semi-final."
Darren Sammy says, "To be honest, I just want 22 yards long and probably six feet wide. That's what I want. That's a good cricket wicket. We play on whatever. It is a semi-final, a lot is at stake, whatever is given we are ready to face the challenge."
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Date: 31 March 2016
Time: 19:0 IST
Weather: Warm by Bangalore standards, with temperatures ranging from 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
India: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Suresh Raina, 5 Yuvraj Singh/Ajinkya Rahane/Manish Pandey, 6 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Ashish Nehra, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
West Indies: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Lendl Simmons, 3 Johnson Charles, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 6 Dwayne Bravo, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Darren Sammy (capt), 9 Carlos Brathwaite, 10 Samuel Badree, 11 Sulieman Benn
- Sumana
