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'There's more to Gayle than just power'

After being below par, India finally played to their potential in their 'do or die' game against Australia, with one man putting in a genius performance.

Simply put, Virat Kohli's knock at Mohali was the best limited overs innings played by an Indian.

Thanks to him India are in the semis, a qualification everyone expected but no one would have thought would be so arduous.

India clearly start as favourites especially because of how West Indies have looked in their last two games.

They beat South Africa before going down to Afghanistan in Nagpur but what came through in that performance against South Africa was how vulnerable their batting can be. Even if it's about chasing a small score West Indies have this unique ability to self destruct.

When people talk about Gayle, they talk about his power, but there is more to Gayle than just that.

He also has a fine temperament which he showed in that run chase earlier in the Super 10 against England.

The same cannot be said about the others, you don't need me to tell you how big his wicket is going to be for India.

Indian batting deficiencies have been covered up by Virat's brilliance but their bowling has been superb and consistent, it's one of those rare occasions in Indian cricket where India's strength is their bowling.

Now that Yuvi is out, India must replace him with Manish Pandey, he is more suited to this format and at that number certainly more than Ajinkya Rahane, and considering Wankhede is a batting paradise, India should give Shikhar Dhawan one more game.

The only thing that could stop India now is the size of the ground, which is definitely 'advantage West Indies'

Source: PMG



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