Cricket :India vs West Indies, Live Cricket Updates, ICC World T20 Semi-final: India clash with West Indies in Mumbai

India play West Indies in the second semifinal of the World T20 in Mumbai on Thursday. The winner will meet England in the final on Sunday. (STATS ||POINTS TABLE || FIXTURES)

Live Cricket Updates of India vs West Indies

# Before the men’s semi-final, New Zealand’s women and West Indies’ women play their semi-final

# It is very very hot in Mumbai and humid as well

# Five hours to go for the big match in Mumbai

# They won the trophy in 2012

# West Indies are also a one-time champions of the event

# It will be India’s third semi-final of the World T20 and they have won both the semis they have played in previous editions of the tournament

# India play West Indies in the semi-final of the World T20

Build Up

Curb your enthusiasm

India vs West Indies Live Cricket Updates, ICC World T20: Barring Virat Kohli, India’s top-order has had a disappointing run so far. (Source: Express photo by Kevin D’Souza)

Seen that Whatsapp viral image of Virat Kohli yet? Where he is the bahubali and carrying his team-mates on his shoulder. For a team that has been carried by Kohli, with help from the bowlers, it’s quite amazing to see the groundswell of opinion building up that suggests India are sailing through to the final.

What exactly is an India-friendly pitch?

India vs West Indies Live Cricket Updates, ICC World T20: MS Dhoni inspects the pitch before they face West Indies on Thursday. (Source: PTI)

From a distance, it looked like any other Wankhede pitch. A strip of red-clay with some smattering of grass. However there is a bit of brouhaha over this one. Andy Watkinson, the portly custodian of pitches from ICC, has apparently been on the phone from Delhi chatting with the curators.

In evening of their careers, Sammy and Co. try to make it one long party

India vs West Indies, Live Cricket Updates, ICC World T20: Chris Gayle has a hundred at the Wankhede in this World T20 and West Indies will hope for an encore against India. Express Photo by Kevin d’Souza

THIS COULD well be the last time that we see a serious West Indies team in a world event, for some time anyway. The men from the Caribbean are already set to miss next year’s Champions Trophy in England, owing to their failure to be ranked among the top-8 ODI teams in the world.