In a superlative, Gayle-less show, the West Indies bundled out India at the mouth of the Final frontier with ease, aggression and comprehensive preying of its bowlers. By the time a nonplussed MS Dhoni threw the ball to Virat Kohli for the last over, it was clear that there was no hope in hell for India to step foot in Kolkata.
All credit goes to one Mr lendl Simmons who showed no rust whatsoever on joining the squad just a day or two earlier, all the way from Caribbean and as a replacement for the injured Andre Fletcher. As he closed the innings and the doors for India with a scintillating six in the fourth ball of the last over, he silenced a billion Indians in and out of the stadium but created magic for his team.
Andre Russell was no less as was Charles in an all-round and sound show of the bat by the visitors who now play an equally arrived England at Kolkata.
On a day that the Indian batting flowered with partnerships and sound knocks, the bowlers were taken to the cleaners in the most comprehensive reply that the West Indians could give to India who looked quite on the way after Gayle fell.
But it was the day of the lesser sung heroes of the West Indies team that took away the heartbeat from India -- only to give it back to the various islands that are far apart back home but jelled as a fevicol unit thousands of miles away in India. From here on, it might just be West Indies taking all, as their skipper Darren Sammy had predicted. After all David slayed the Goliath, as he so cheekily pointed out at his pre-match Press conference.