Welcome to the coverage of the second semi-final between India and West Indies in the ICC World T20 in Mumbai, on Thursday.

Virat Kohli's sublime form will be up against the brute force of Chris Gayle when title contenders India clash against a flamboyant West Indies in what promises to be a battle of nerves in the second semi-final match of the ICC World Twenty20, in Mumbai, on Thursday.

The no-holds barred battle between the 2007 champions India and the 2012 title-winners West Indies is expected to ultimately be decided by the ability of the players to handle the pressure in front of a full house at a venue where the hosts captured their second ODI World Cup crown almost five years ago.

Many believe that the semi-final is likely to hinge on who emerges on top in the battle between the big-hitting West Indian batsmen and India's wily spinners.

The strong form of his spinners and accuracy of pacemen Ashish Nehra and Jasprit Bumrah in the death overs will give him hope of taming the West Indies batsmen on a surface that has done little to help the bowlers in three matches.

South Africa saw a 230-run target chased down by England, who were at the receiving end of Chris Gayle's assault when they failed to defend a score of 182.

At the same ground, which has relatively short boundaries, Afghanistan gave South Africa a scare while chasing 209 until they lost too many wickets in the second half of the innings.

Afghanistan also inflicted the only Super 10s defeat on the West Indies, their spinners finding a way to restrict their powerful batsmen in Nagpur.

The 2012 champions rested Gayle for that game and a hamstring injury to Andre Fletcher, who has since been ruled out of the tournament and replaced by Lendl Simmons, hampered their chase further.

But the inability to chase down a modest 124 would have not gone unnoticed and skipper Darren Sammy is hoping it was just one-off and not a sign of inconsistency.