India beat West Indies by five wickets to enter T20 World Cup semifinals
World • 19h ago
Samson hits 97 not out, West Indian bowling flounders in Kolkata as India set up World Cup semifinal against England.
Sanju Samson produced one of the calmest innings under the pressure of a run chase to send India into the semifinals of the T20 World Cup with a five-wicket win over the West Indies in Kolkata.
Samson, who returned to the Indian playing XI in the previous match after being overlooked for the three games prior to it, remained not out on 97 as India pulled off an impressive win in front of a packed Eden Gardens crowd on Sunday.
The wicketkeeper-batter was the only Indian player to score more than 30 runs as the defending champions faced the Maroons in a winner-takes-all Super Eights game.
In the process, he recorded the highest score by an Indian in a T20 World Cup run ch...