India Qualified For Semi Final T20 World Cup: India has defeated West Indies by 5 wickets. After South Africa, England and New Zealand, India has become the fourth and last country to reach the semi-finals. Team India has also made a world record for the largest successful run chase in T20 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. West Indies had scored 195 runs while playing first, in reply the Indian team achieved this target with 4 balls remaining. This is the sixth time in the history of T20 World Cup that India has made it to the semi-finals.
When Suryakumar Yadav, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan proved to be flops, Sanju Samson took charge and played a historic inning of 97 runs. Samson hit 12 fours and 4 sixes in this historic innings.
World record of biggest chase
The Indian team has set a record for the biggest run chase at Eden Gardens by achieving the target of 196 runs against West Indies. Earlier, the biggest run chase in T20 was 158 runs at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. That record was also set by the Indian team against West Indies.
Small innings from captain Suryakumar Yadav to Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma also contributed to India’s victory, but one player who stood on the pitch from beginning to end was Sanju Samson.
Those two fours of Shivam Dubey did the job
India had to score 17 runs in the last 2 overs. Hardik Pandya was out on the score of 17 on the second ball of the 19th over. Difficulties were beginning to increase, but then Shivam Dubey came and hit 2 fours in 3 balls. These two fours not only reduced the pressure on Sanju Samson but also prevented West Indies from making a comeback in the match.
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