IND vs WI: India’s entry in the semi-finals, Sanju Samson played a stormy innings; This record of King Kohli was broken

IND vs WI Result Update: On a night that will be remembered as one of the biggest wins in Indian cricket history, the Men in Blue defied the odds to achieve a mammoth target of 196 runs at the Eden Gardens. By defeating West Indies by five wickets in this “virtual quarter-final”, India has officially booked a semi-final clash against England at the Wankhede Stadium on March 5.

The mastermind of this historic victory was Sanju Samson, whose unbeaten inning of 97* off 50 balls not only won the game but also broke Virat Kohli’s old record of the highest individual score by an Indian while chasing in the T20 World Cup.

Great game by Caribbean players

After winning the toss and opting to bowl, India found it difficult to contain West Indies’ consistently poor top order. Despite Roston Chase (40) and Shimron Hetmyer (27) being dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliant double-strike in the 12th over, the Windies did not give up.

A tremendous unbeaten partnership of 76 runs between Jason Holder (37)* and Rovman Powell (34)* took the visiting team to a difficult score of 195/4. India’s chase was made more difficult by their own errors, as Abhishek Sharma dropped two crucial catches, allowing the Windies to score well above the ground average.

Samson left ‘King Kohli’ behind

India’s reply innings got off to a shaky start as Abhishek Sharma (10) and Ishan Kishan (17) were dismissed early, leaving the hosts at a difficult score of 45/2 in the fifth over.

However, Sanju Samson came on top (Sanju Samson) played the best innings of his life. He completed his fifty in just 26 balls and made an important partnership of 58 runs with captain Suryakumar Yadav (18). When Surya and Tilak Verma (27) were out, the pressure came back on Samson and Hardik Pandya.

In the 18th over, Samson overtook Virat Kohli’s brilliant 82* to become India’s highest run-scorer in the chase in the T20 World Cup. With 7 runs needed in the last over, Samson bowled the ball to Romario Shepherd at mid-on and sealed the win with four balls to spare.

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