West Indies beat India by seven wickets in their World Twenty20 Super Eights tie at Lord's yesterday.
West Indies beat India by seven wickets in their World Twenty20 Super Eights tie at Lord's yesterday.
Defending champions India suffered their first defeat in the tournament after wins over minnows Bangladesh and Ireland.
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| India's Yusuf Pathan is bowled by man-of-the-match Dwayne Bravo during their Super Eights match of the ICC World Twenty20 at Lord's in London last night. pics/afp |
India were blown away by all-rounder Dwayne Bravo who slammed 66 of 36 balls to follow-up his four-wicket burst earlier. Bravo came into the tournament with a reasonably good IPL where he represented Mumbai Indians. His IPL captain Sachin Tendulkar watched the encounter from the stands.
India won the toss and were restricted to 153, a total West Indies surpassed with eight balls to spare. Dhoni's Indians take on England tomorrow in a must-win tie to stay in the tournament. Yuvraj Singh celebrated his appointment as vice-captain with 67 off 43 balls although his entertaining effort went in vain.
Brief scores: India 153 for 7 in 20 overs (Y Singh 67, Y Pathan 31;
D Bravo 4-38) lost to West Indies 156 for 3 in 18.4 overs (D Bravo 66,
L Simmons 44; I Pathan 1-9)
