Ind vs WI : India won by 80 runs against West Indies
India set-up a quarterfinal clash with?defending champions Australia after they defeated West Indies by80-runs in their last Group B match of the World Cup at the?M.Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday.
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West Indies opener Devon Smith made 81 but his dismissal, bowled by Zaheer Khan (3-26) in the 31st over, prompted a collapse from 154-2 to 188 all out.
India’s victory sees them finish second behind South Africa in Group B and therefore take on Australia, the third-placed side in Group A, in the last eight stage of the World Cup.
West Indies, meanwhile, end up in fourth spot and advance to a?quarter-final meeting with Group A winners Pakistan in Dhaka on?Wednesday.
The other two quarter-final matches are also now confirmed – South Africa face up to New Zealand in Dhaka on Friday and Sri Lanka are back on home soil in Colombo for Saturday’s showdown with England.
India advanced to 160-2 in 30 overs and appeared to be switching gear, but Rampaul cleaned up Kohli (59 off 76) to allow West Indies to regain a foothold.
In reply the West Indies made an assured start with opener Devon Smith dropping anchor after the dismissal of Kirk Edwards (17) and Darren Bravo (22) by the 19th over.
Indies on 157-4.
The collapse continued when Devon Thomas was stumped by Dhoni off Yuvraj and captain Sammy was run out a couple of overs later, leaving Sarwan with only the tail for support.