Simmons on fire, West Indies need 20 from 2 overs for victory
March 31, 2016  22:26

- WI 173-3 (18 ovs) vs India 192-2 | SCORECARD

West Indies are firmly back in the contest, with 42 needed from four overs for victory.

The experienced Nehra, who has one over in hand, is back. Two singles from the first three balls before Russell seems to have mishit the pull shot but it still carries all the way for a six over midwicket. Two more singles make it 10 runs from the 17th over, leaving 32 needed from three overs for victory.

Bumrah to bowl the crucial 18th over. He starts with a slower bouncer which decieves before two dot balls in a row. Simmons heaves the fourth ball over midwicket where Jadeja does well to take the catch but has touched the boundary skirting as he fell over. Simmons gets his third lifeline as he is called back again and the six is a crucial blow for India as it brings up the 50-run stand for the fourth wicket. That was a superb catch, but he was denied by a few millimetres.

Simmons is living a charmed life and has already got three reprieves. He drives the fifth ball through the off-side for two runs before hittting the last ball over thirdman for a four.

Simmons has smashed his way to 81 from 49 balls, to take West Indies to 173 for three in 18 overs, with 20 needed from two overs for victory.
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