West Indies v India - #BendTheRules Moments
#BendTheRules Moments from the Group B match between India and West Indies
ESPNcricinfo staff
06-Mar-2015

Mohammed Shami was the pick of India's bowlers. He dismissed the dangerous Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith and Darren Sammy in his eight-over spell • AFP
4.5 Mohammed Shami to Smith, OUT, gone! Too close to cut, and he stayed inside the line and poked at it with an angled bat. Came in off the pitch, and a thin but easily discernible edge through to Dhoni
DR Smith c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 6 (20b 1x4 0x6) SR: 30.00
DR Smith c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 6 (20b 1x4 0x6) SR: 30.00
6.5 Mohammed Shami to Gayle, 1 run, dropped! Umesh moved quickly to his right from third man as Gayle swung hard at this full ball outside off. It swung away from him, and the top edge went high in the air, Umesh fell to his right, grabbed it with both hands, but it popped out when his elbows hit the ground. Good effort, and Dhoni applauds it
7.2 Yadav to Gayle, OUT, It's all happening, there's a run-out, and I'll have to take a moment to figure out exactly what all happened. It was short, and too quick for Gayle to pull from outside off. Hit high on the bat, fell short of Mohit running forward from mid-on and diving. Samuels wanted the single, Gayle was ball-watching, and both were at the batsman's end when Mohit threw to the other end. Kohli backed up quickly from cover to complete the run-out
MN Samuels run out 2 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 28.57
MN Samuels run out 2 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 28.57
8.6 Mohammed Shami to Gayle, OUT, short ball, and Gayle simply couldn't control that pull from outside off. Skied it way up over the leg side, and he pretty much picked out the only fielder deep on the leg side, safe catch from Mohit at deep square leg
CH Gayle c MM Sharma b Mohammed Shami 21 (27b 2x4 1x6) SR: 77.77
CH Gayle c MM Sharma b Mohammed Shami 21 (27b 2x4 1x6) SR: 77.77
9.1 Yadav to Ramdin, OUT, and he's gone, first ball! That was full outside off, and he went hard at the cover drive, with an angled bat, and only managed to drag it onto his stumps, off the inside edge
D Ramdin b Yadav 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
D Ramdin b Yadav 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
18.1 MM Sharma to Simmons, OUT, another wicket off a short ball. It's banged in outside off, and Simmons is really in no position to hook it. Top-edges it and Umesh takes a simple catch at long leg
LMP Simmons c Yadav b MM Sharma 9 (22b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.90
LMP Simmons c Yadav b MM Sharma 9 (22b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.90
44.2 Jadeja to Holder, OUT, oh, he's holed out! It was a good length ball and as the batsmen before him, he tried to make too much of it. Poor heave ends up as a slice that the long-off fielder has no trouble with
JO Holder c Kohli b Jadeja 57 (79m 64b 4x4 3x6) SR: 89.06
JO Holder c Kohli b Jadeja 57 (79m 64b 4x4 3x6) SR: 89.06
4.1 Taylor to Dhawan, OUT, gone! That was the perfect length in the corridor, and it straightened a touch after angling in from around the wicket. Dhawan pushed at it with an angled bat, and Sammy held the edge well to his right side at second slip
S Dhawan c Sammy b Taylor 9 (14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 64.28
S Dhawan c Sammy b Taylor 9 (14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 64.28
6.6 Taylor to RG Sharma, OUT, gone! That is a beauty from Taylor, just short of driving length outside off. Rohit went for the drive away from his body, and it swung away late and kissed his edge through to Ramdin
RG Sharma c †Ramdin b Taylor 7 (18b 1x4 0x6) SR: 38.88
RG Sharma c †Ramdin b Taylor 7 (18b 1x4 0x6) SR: 38.88
14.6 Russell to Kohli, OUT, gone! That was a better short ball on this pitch. Batsmen have struggled to pull from outside off on this pitch, and Kohli's no exception, had to meet it at shoulder height, top-edges it and he spoons it straight down the throat of the man at long leg
V Kohli c Samuels b Russell 33 (36b 5x4 0x6) SR: 91.66
V Kohli c Samuels b Russell 33 (36b 5x4 0x6) SR: 91.66
17.5 Roach to Rahane, OUT, given! Made room to dab it down to third man, and the ball slipped past (or off) his edge very quickly through to Ramdin. Rahane reviews it. Replays look inconclusive. It straightened a touch and went very close to the outside edge. The bat, as it came down, hit the flap of his back pad. Seam position remained the same as the ball passed the bat. There's a bit of a spike on Snicko, but it's hard to say if that was ball on edge or bat on pad. In the end, the third umpire upholds the decision. Interesting one, this.
AM Rahane c †Ramdin b Roach 14 (34b 2x4 0x6) SR: 41.17
#BendTheRules Moments from the Group B match between India and West Indies