West Indies banked on a frenetic finish, but Sri Lanka's bowlers had choked the chase to suffocation-point before heavy rain, then marble-sized hail, cut the innings short and sent Sri Lanka to yet another major final
The cricket was fine despite the storm. If only the emcee had turned down the volume on them loudspeakers
Plays of the day for the semi-final between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Mirpur
Darren Sammy said it was disappointing to go out under the rain rule, and refused to answer when he was asked whether West Indies could afford Gayle and Samuels taking as much time as they did
Before the rain arrived, Sri Lanka showed an intensity while bowling and fielding that West Indies could not deal with
In the previous eight global tournaments, Sri Lanka made the semis or better six times. They did not win the title even once. Can they be seventh time lucky?
Darren Sammy does not think the events of the 2012 final will give West Indies an edge going into their World T20 semi-final, but says it will play on Sri Lanka's minds
West Indies' inability to rotate the strike has landed them in a few sticky situations, but their six-hitting prowess has usually come to their rescue. Can this approach take them to a second straight final?
Sri Lanka had not announced their captain seven hours before they play a crunch game while West Indies are buzzing under the in-form Darren Sammy
Mirpur will provide more grip and turn for the spinners than the surface in Chittagong, which held together through most of the Super 10 stage. South Africa and Sri Lanka, therefore, will need to adapt quickly
27
No. of runs Sri Lanka are ahead by when the storm stopped play, according to Duckworth-Lewis.
17
West Indies had scored 17 off the first over. They then scored only 17 off the next six overs and lost two wickets
141
Chris Gayle's runs in three T20I knockouts. He has hit two fifties and has been dismissed only once
6.06
West Indies' economy rate in the last-five overs in this World T20 is the best among all the teams
147
Runs scored by Dilshan in knockout matches in T20Is before today, the most for any Full Member batsman
2
This was Mahela Jayawardene's second diamond duck in T20Is, he is the only batsman with two diamond ducks
20
SL's previous best opening partnership in this World T20. These two had added 61 runs in four innings before today
5-1
It's massively in Sri Lanka's favour. But the one match West Indies won was the 2012 World T20 final
3
The team batting first in Mirpur has won three of the last four matches here. Bangladesh lost batting first to Australia
| First Round Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| BAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.466 |
| NEP | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.933 |
| AFG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.981 |
| HKG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.455 |
| First Round Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NED | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.109 |
| ZIM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.957 |
| IRE | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.701 |
| UAE | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.541 |
| Group 1 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2.233 |
| SA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.075 |
| NZ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -0.678 |
| ENG | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.776 |
| NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.866 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.28 |
| WI | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.971 |
| PAK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -0.384 |
| AUS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.857 |
| BAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.072 |
