No-balls cost India dear as late call-up Simmons shines


Cricket - West Indies v India - World Twenty20 cricket tournament semi-final - Mumbai, India - 31/03/2016. West Indies players celebrate after winning their match. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Hosts India were left to rue two no-balls as Lendl Simmons combined luck and pluck to power West Indies to victory in their World Twenty20 semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.

Simmons, who plays for Mumbai in the Indian Premier League, only arrived in the country on Tuesday as a replacement for injured all-rounder Andre Fletcher.

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