India crushed West Indies by 125 runs in their World Cup match at Old Trafford on Thursday to end the Caribbean side's chances of reaching the semi-finals.
Virat Kohli top-scored with 72 in unbeaten India's total of 268 for seven in their 50 overs. West Indies were never in the hunt, slipping to 143 all out. (AFP, Manchester)
India rocked West Indies with early wickets before picking up three more wickets following the Powerplay as West Indies are five down for 98 runs.
Shami removed Chris Gayle early on in the innings as the Windies opener failed to connect his pull shot properly and was holed out at mid wicket. An inside edge then saw Shai Hope castled in the seventh over before Sunil Ambris and Nicolas Pooran starred in a 55-run partnership. The partnership came to an end when Pandya removed Ambris on 31. The spinners came into play as well with Kuldeep Yadav removing Pooran for 28 before Chahal struck as well, picking up the wicket of Windies captain Jason Holder. Shimron Hetmyer and Carlos Brathwaite are at the crease for West Indies as they need 168 more runs from 25 overs.
India posted a challenging 268 for seven against West Indies at the Old Trafford in Manchester today.
After Kohli's departure, India were in a spot of bother but 70-run sixth-wicket stand between Dhoni (56 off 61) and Pandya (46 off 38) lifted them to 268.
Windies remove Kohli after 20000 ODI runs record
Windies captain Jason Holder removed Virat Kohli after the India maestro played a 72-run knock to hold the India innings together. A short-length delivery from Holder saw Kohli go for the pull shot. The delivery was there to be hit but held up slightly and Kohli found himself very surprised by it all.
India went past the 150-run mark on the back of a Virat Kohli fifty but a few quick wickets -- double strike from Kemar Roach -- have left them reeling.
Captain Jason Holder had removed KL Rahul after Roach had made the initial breakthrough. Roach then came back into the attack to remove Kedar Jadhav and Vijay Shankar. India reached 171/4 with Kohli and Dhoni at the crease.
Virat Kohli on Thursday became the fastest batsman to reach 20,000 international runs as he anchored India's innings against the West Indies in the World Cup match in Manchester.
Kohli reached the landmark in his 417th innings with a single off West Indies skipper Jason Holder -- India's Sachin Tendulkar and Caribbean batsman Brian Lara both required 453 international innings to reach the landmark.
India controversially lost opener Rohit Sharma for 18 as they made a cautious start against a probing West Indies pace attack in the World Cup match in Manchester on Thursday.
Fast bowler Kemar Roach struck in the sixth over to have Sharma caught behind off a delivery that pitched on a good length and jagged back sharply into the right-handed batsman.
The on-field umpire gave Sharma not out but the West Indies successfully reviewed the decision, with technology appearing to indicate a spike in sound as the ball squeezed through the gap between bat and pad.
Sharma was surprised and disappointed as he walked back to the dressing room.
"That was a tricky decision, even with the amount of replays you can have, to be 100 percent sure it's either one or the other," England Test bowler James Anderson told the BBC.
India, who are unbeaten in their five matches so far and have displaced England at the top of the one-day-international rankings, were 47 for one at the end of the 10th over rafter electing to bat first at Old Trafford.
KL Rahul, on 20, and skipper Virat Kohli, on seven, were batting as India look to move closer to wrapping up an early semi-final spot.
Defeat for West Indies, who have only won one of their six matches, would end their already remote chances of reaching the semi-finals.

Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat against the West Indies in Manchester on Thursday as India look to move closer to wrapping up an early World Cup semi-final spot.
The two-time champions, who are unbeaten in their six outings so far, including a washed-out game, fielded an unchanged side after their narrow victory against Afghanistan.
Kohli urged his team to fine-tune the rough edges so they are more ruthless.
"It looks like a hard wicket. We've got two wrist-spinners. It's a used pitch so we see it drying out and slowing down in the latter half of the match," Kohli said at a sunny Old Trafford.
"I want more application from the batsmen. When it's a 50/60-run partnership, we want the batsmen to work hard on making it a big one so the opposition can't get back into the game."
West Indies, who have managed just one win from six games, have made two changes to their starting line-up after their heartbreaking five-run defeat to New Zealand on Saturday.
Injured Evin Lewis and Ashley Nurse make way for Sunil Ambris and Fabian Allen.
Skipper Jason Holder admitted he would have batted first had he won the toss but said the bowlers should take early advantage of the Old Trafford wicket.
"We wanted to bat too but if there's anything in the wicket it's probably first up," he said. "We are getting closer and closer. I've challenged the guys to put together a complete game."
Playing XIs:
India: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Vijay Shankar, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wkt), Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah
West Indies: Jason Holder (capt), Chris Gayle, Shai Hope (wkt), Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Carlos Brathwaite, Sunil Ambris, Fabian Allen, Kemar Roach, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas
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