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India beat West Indies by seven wickets in their last group match here on Wednesday, however the victory came late as the deciding factor of their fate was Australia’s win over Pakistan.
Earlier, Pakistan had qualified for the semi-finals and Australia after defeating Pakistan became the second one to qualify from the group A. New Zealand and England are the other semi-finalists from group B.
In the semi-finals, Pakistan will face New Zealand while Australia will take on England.
India had a little chance of qualifying for the semi-final as they kept a close eye on the match between Australia and Pakistan.
In their match, India started well with its bowlers Ashish Nehra and Praveen Kumar who took six wickets to demolish the West Indian frontline. Ashish Nehra was the most devastating one with his spell of 3-22. Praveen Kumar (3-31) and Harbhajan Singh (2-14) also supported well with their good spells.
In reply to 129 from West Indies, India also lost two quick wickets but a sensible play from Dinesh Karthik (34) and Virat Kohli (79 not out), helped them to reach the target.
Virat Kohli was adjudged man of the match for his valuable knock of 79 not out.
Scoreboard: India vs. West Indies, Group A, Champions Trophy
West Indies:
Andre Fletcher c Dravid b Kumar 0
Keiran Powell c Dhoni b Nehra 5
Devon Smith c Dhoni b Nehra 21
Travis Dowlin b Dhoni 14
Floyd Reifer c Karthik b Kumar 1
David Bernard c Dravid b Mishra 22
Darren Sammy c Mishra b Nehra 23
Royston Crandon b Harbhajan 5
Nikita Miller not out 17
Kemar Roach c Gambhir b Harbhajan 4
Gavin Tonge c & b Kumar 5
Extras (lb 4, w 7, nb 1) 12
Total (all out in 36 overs) 129
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Fletcher, 0.6 overs), 2-26 (Powell, 7.4), 3-27 (Smith, 7.6), 4-31 (Reifer, 10.2), 5-57 (Dowlin, 16.4), 6-89 (Bernard, 26.6), 7-99 (Sammy, 29.1), 8-102 (Crandon, 30.6), 9-122 (Roach, 34.3), 10-129 (Tonge, 35.6)
Bowling:
Praveen Kumar 9-3-22-3
Ashish Nehra 8-1-31-3
Abhishek Nayar 3-0-17-0
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2-0-14-1
Harbhajan Singh 8-2-14-2
Amit Mishra 6-0-27-1
India:
Dinesh Karthik c Dowlin b Tonge 34
Gautam Gambhir b Roach 6
Rahul Dravid run out (Bernard) 4
Virat Kohli not out 79
Abhishek Nayar not out 0
Extras (w 3, nb 4) 7
Total (for three wickets in 32.1 overs) 130
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Gambhir, 2.5 overs), 2-12 (Dravid, 3.2), 3-104 (Karthik, 27.4)
Bowling:
Kemar Roach 6-1-27-1
Gavin Tonge 10-0-36-1
Darren Sammy 10-1-25-0
David Bernard 3-0-22-0
Nikita Miller 3.1-0-20-0
Toss: India chose to field
Result: India won by seven wickets
Man of the Match: Virat Kohli (India)
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: Daryl Harper (Australia)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
