End of over 18 (12 runs) West Indies 173/3 (20 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.61, RRR: 10.00) LMP Simmons81 (49b 7x4 5x6) AD Russell22 (12b 1x4 2x6)

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End of over 18 (12 runs) West Indies 173/3 (20 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.61, RRR: 10.00)

LMP Simmons81 (49b 7x4 5x6)
AD Russell22 (12b 1x4 2x6)
JJ Bumrah4-0-42-1
A Nehra4-0-25-1
17.6
Bumrah to Simmons, FOUR
 

Shakeena: "He is a cat this Lendl Simmons..."

 
17.5
Bumrah to Simmons, 2 runs, a low full toss, Simmons nails the drive, hitting it hard towards the extra cover boundary, Pandya races to his left and dives to save two runs
17.4
Bumrah to Simmons, SIX, is that a six? Is that caught? It's all happening! Simmons smashed the slower ball this time, high into the night sky, but when it landed Jadeja was running to his left on the wide long on boundary to take the catch. He was going to go over the boundary and so he lobbed it to Kohli, who caught the throw. But Kohli does not celebrate much, he perhaps knows Jadeja's foot has touched the boundary just after he caught it. It's a six!
17.3
Bumrah to Simmons, no run, three dots in a row! A slower one outside off again, this time on a good length, Simmons slogs hard but misses again, pressure building now on West Indies
17.2
Bumrah to Simmons, no run, full and wide outside off, Simmons lunges and slogs, it's a slower one again but on a very different length, Simmons fails to connect, two huge deliveries for India ...
17.1
Bumrah to Simmons, no run, the shorter ball and so slow! Simmons charged and then bailed out of the shot because he was far too early
 

Akshay: "Tough job for Dhoni here with Bumrah having just one left & need to rely on Ashwin and Jadeja to defend the score at the last."

West Indies need 32 off 18 balls to qualify for the final. Their Women's team are already in the final. What a night it would be for them ...



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