West Indies have won by three wickets and have qualified for the semi-finals. What a finish it was! They were cruising when Sarwan and Morton were batting, then slowed down inexplicably when they had plenty of wickets in hand with not many runs to get. Morton's wicket began another collapse and they limped over the finish line with two balls to spare.
For India it was a question of ifs. What if they had played Powar? What if they had scored a few more runs? What if their fast bowlers had bowled tighter at the start? What if Marlon Samuels's final swipe had gone anywhere but the boundary? Frankly they were lucky that the finish was so close. India now play Australia in what is a winner-goes-through loser-goes-home contest on October 29. This West Indian victory has also eliminated any mathematical chance of England making the semi-finals. West Indies have booked one semi-final berth from this group and India and Australia will slug it out for the other.
Man of the Match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul wins it for his diligent innings that provided West Indies with the ideal start to the chase. His 51 spanned two crucial partnerships of 43 and 57 for the first two wickets and severely hampered India's chances of defending 223.
It's been fun bringing you today's action from Ahmedabad. South Africa take on Pakistan tomorrow in what is a knock-out match. We'll be live at 2pm India time for that game. Do tune in. Cheers!