When hosts India meet West Indies in the semi-final of the 2016 World
T20 on Thursday evening, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli come to the
limelight, rightly or wrongly.
Despite the failure of in-form players in bit match on many occasions in the past, cricket lovers look at star performers and hope for a ‘Veni vidi vici’ show from their favourite players.
So, both Gayle and Kohli are under pressure of both repeating their performance meeting the expectations in themselves and among the fans.
Mumbai’s Wankhede stadium is expected to offer a lot of runs for the teams after the venue saw the record chase by England of South Africa’s 229 runs during the super-10 encounter of this very tournament.
MS Dhoni has fixed a target of winning the World T20 for the second time, as the first team to do so.
Virat Kohli showed a magic performance that sent home Australia. Is it then Kohli who is going to dominate the match and win for his country?
“No not really, have you ever heard of Chris Gayle?” said West Indies captain Darren Sammy.
Nobody knows who is going to become the star performer in the big match.
However, the head-to-head record between the sides in the history of T20 is a tie -- 2-2.
Statistics say India played two T20 semifinals before and never lost any of them. West Indies lost 2 semifinals out of three they played in the tournament’s history.
Despite the failure of in-form players in bit match on many occasions in the past, cricket lovers look at star performers and hope for a ‘Veni vidi vici’ show from their favourite players.
So, both Gayle and Kohli are under pressure of both repeating their performance meeting the expectations in themselves and among the fans.
Mumbai’s Wankhede stadium is expected to offer a lot of runs for the teams after the venue saw the record chase by England of South Africa’s 229 runs during the super-10 encounter of this very tournament.
MS Dhoni has fixed a target of winning the World T20 for the second time, as the first team to do so.
Virat Kohli showed a magic performance that sent home Australia. Is it then Kohli who is going to dominate the match and win for his country?
“No not really, have you ever heard of Chris Gayle?” said West Indies captain Darren Sammy.
Nobody knows who is going to become the star performer in the big match.
However, the head-to-head record between the sides in the history of T20 is a tie -- 2-2.
Statistics say India played two T20 semifinals before and never lost any of them. West Indies lost 2 semifinals out of three they played in the tournament’s history.