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Dhaka - Spinners helped West Indies seal a semifinal berth in the ICC World T20 as the defending champions thrashed Pakistan by 84 runs in their last Super 10 clash in Mirpur on Tuesday.
Late charge by Darren Sammy and Dwayne Bravo, that powered the West Indies to a challenging 166/6, was followed by a brilliant show by the tweakers as Pakistan were bundled out for a meager 82.
Samuel Badree finished with 3/10 while Sunil Narine claimed 3/16 to script an outstanding victory for their team.
West Indies now face Sri Lanka in the semifinals on Thursday.
Pakistan got off to a disastrous start as Krishmar Santokie trapped Ahmed Shehzad in front of wickets on the first delivery of their innings.
Badree then removed Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik in his consecutive overs putting Pakistan on back foot.
He got Kamran (0) caught by Bravo at extra cover in the second over then stumped out his sibling and Malik in the fourth and six over respectively.
Akmal went forward to hit Badree but missed the googly as Ramdin was prompt enough to remove the bails. Badree gave the same treatment to Malik (2).
Andre Russell dealth fifth blow to Pakistan by scalping Mohammad Hafeez after his 19-run knock.
At the score of 42, Sunil Narine lured forward Sohaib Maqsood to get him stumped in the 12th over.
Earlier, a late blitz from all-rounder Dwayne Bravo and skipper Darren Sammy helped defending champions West Indies put up a fighting 166 for six.
Bravo smashed 46 off only 26 balls as he took the attack back to the Pakistan camp with his imperious hitting. He struck two fours and four huge sixes.
He was well-supported by skipper Darren Sammy whose entertaining cameo of 42 was equally important as it helped West Indies reach a decent total after they were tottering at 81 for five.
Sammy struck five fours and two sixes in only 20 balls as the last three overs produced an unbelievable 59 runs.
The turning point in the West Indies innings was the 18th and 19th over bowled by the seasoned duo of Umar Gul (0/29) and Saeed Ajmal (0/41) that produced 45 runs in all.
Till 17 overs, Pakistan bowlers looked in complete control before the carnage from Bravo and Sammy happened at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium.
Chris Gayle (5) did not fire today as the first delivery he faced from Paksitan skipper Mohammed Hafeez brought about his downfall. Hafeez bowled one wide off-stump which Gayle tried to play with minimal footwork and Kamran Akmal effected a good stumping.
Gayle's partner Dwayne Smith struck two boundaries off Hafeez but was uncomfortable against left-arm seamer Sohail Tanvir's awkwardly angled deliveries. He edged one to Akmal behind stumps as the ball moved away after pitching on the off-middle line.
Lendl Simons (31) struck a few meaty blows but was not able to get the momentum going as he and out-of-form Marlon Samuels could add only 39 in 6.2 overs. Simons struck two sixes before he was unfortunately run-out.
Samuels was once again bogged down but he gave Afridi the charge to hit him down the ground for a straight six. But the veteran leg-spinner had his revenge of his very next delivery. Afridi bowled a faster one and Samuels, who had very little room to play the cut shot, chopped one back on to the stumps.
Reeling at 67 for four in the 11 the over, it soon became 81 for five as Denesh Ramdin (5) tried to slog Babar and was caught at deep mid-wicket by Umar Akmal.
It was then left to Bravo to give the charge and he started by lifting Gul for a big six and followed it up with a pull-shot over deep mid-wicket.
Earlier, West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
Teams
West Indies - Dwayne Smith, Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Bravo, Dinesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy (captain), AD Russell, Sunil Narine, Samuel Badree, Krishmar Santokie
Pakistan - Kamran Akmal (wk), Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Zulfiqar Babar, Saeed Ajmal
Brief scores
West Indies - 166/6 (Bravo 46, Sammy 42*, Simmons 31)
Pakistan - 82 (Badree 3-10, Narine 3-16)
Result - West Indies won by 84 runs
Points - West Indies 2, Pakistan 0
MOM - Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)
