Five memorable moments from the India-West Indies match that don't fade away

When England won their semi-final clash against New Zealand, a majority of Indians were convinced that the title would be theirs. After all, India struggle against spin and only New Zealand had multiple spinners of high caliber.

So New Zealand’s elimination meant the job became a lot easier for Indian now.

However, the utter disregard for West Indies has come back to haunt them as the Calypso kings washed the Men in Blue to the shore of elimination. Chasing a total of 193, luck favoured the Windies as Lendl Simmons and Andre Russel saw over the chase.

One can certainly say that memories of the match will not fade away, quite like the Axe Signature line of body perfumes. Here are 5 memorable moments from the match:

Indian openers’ start

The Indian openers played steadily

Rohit Sharma was having a terrible tournament, with his highest score being 18 against Bangladesh. Against West Indies, however, he started off with an aggressive mindset from the very first ball and scored a blistering 43 of just 29 balls.

On the other end, Shikhar Dhawan found himself warming the bench as Ajinkya Rahane took his place in opening slot. And it turned out to be a good decision.

While Rohit Sharma was taking on the West Indies bowling with aggression, Rahane was playing a sensible support role by taking singles and putting the attacking batsmen on the strike.

The opening partnership lasted for 44 balls, during which India scored 62 runs—a great start considering how they fared in the past matches.