India 236 for 2 (Dhawan 102*, Karthik 51*, Rohit 52) beat West Indies 233 for 9 (Charles 60, Sammy 56*, Jadeja 5-36) by 8 wickets.
Four years ago, approximately to the day, in the similar city of London, Ravindra Jadeja was a hare wedged in the headlights. He could neither get out nor hit out, and his 25 off 35 in that Twenty20 match in opposition to England - India were knocked out of that World T20 - earned him what seemed like a natural life of mockery. Ravindra Jadeja wasn't imaginary to do well at international cricket. He did. He wasn't supposed to do well outside Asia at least. He has, for now.
When Ravindra Jadeja was introduced in this Champions Trophy match, West Indies had marched to 92 for 1 in 17 overs, and Johnson Charles, an awkward batsman to treaty with, was timing the whole thing he hit. He had carted Bhuvneshwar Kumar, deflected Umesh Yadav and lofted Virat Kohli and even R Ashwin. India was staring at a big total, but Ravindra Jadeja twirled that ball like he does his new 'tache. Some bowed and some didn't; most of them were headed for the stumps, but at dissimilar speeds; five of them got wickets, two lbws and one bowled; West Indies went from 102 for 1 to 182 for 9, and India into the semi-final of the Champions Trophy. West Indies now require beating South Africa to steps forward; Pakistan was knocked out.
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