India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: Follow the latest updates
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: The inaugural edition of the International Masters League is entering the business end of the tournament, as the caravan heads over to Raipur and the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium, which will be the third and final location for this year’s tournaments. After a long initial stretch at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, a middle portion in Vadodara, the final few matches of the group stage will be played in Raipur, as well as the knockouts and the finals.…Read More
This closing bit of the tournament will be opened by a match between two of the more evenly-matched and powerful teams in the tournament, as India Masters play their final group stage match against the West Indies Masters, both teams near the top of the league table. India maintain their position at the top of the table with a healthy net run-rate, but West Indies could match them on wins if they come out as victors today — and could pip them to that top spot down the line. Plenty to still battle it out over in this tournament.
These two teams are captained by some of the best players in the history of the sport, as Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara reunite for what promises to be another memorable contest between the two stylish batters. However, both their teams enter on the back of chastening losses, with India getting hammered by Australia Masters and the Windies falling short of chasing down a manageable Sri Lankan total.
With Australia Masters looking in ominous batting form, hitting 260+ in two matches in a row (and 215+ in all their matches) thanks to an on-fire Shane Watson with three centuries so far, both these teams will want some daylight between themselves and the Aussies heading into the semifinals. There should be no qualification qualms for these teams, with the top four largely set at this stage, and that freedom might present both squads an opportunity to showcase their talents.
The West Indians have plenty of firepower and T20 pedigree, not least starting at the top with Dwayne Smith and Chris Gayle opening the batting. Can you ask for a more fearsome opening partnership to set the tone, especially against a bowling lineup that conceded 269 in their previous match? Add to that star names in the middle order like Lendl Simmons and Lara himself, although both Lara and Gayle have missed a couple of games, as well as a very capable bowling lineup that has been forged in T20 cricket internationally and in franchise competitions across the world.
On the Indian front, the chastening 95-run loss to Australia will see questions asked, but there will still be confidence that this is a team that can get it done. A little more reliability will be demanded from a bowling attack that was torn apart by Watson and Ben Dunk, but India did rest the likes of Ambati Rayudu, Yuvraj Singh, and Dhawal Kulkarni: at full strength, there isn’t a team that India Masters couldn’t beat, and with Sachin Tendulkar gradually playing himself into form with an excellent 64 in the previous match, he will be the one to keep an eye on, as he always is.
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Mar 8, 2025 6:20 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: Another question is what batting order India want to go with. Sachin is a lock at opening the batting, but despite being the form player in the first two matches, Gurkeerat Mann Singh has seen his role taken over by Irfan Pathan as a pinch hitter. That’s not an experiment that has worked, so will Sachin and co go back to the plan that has worked reliably?
Mar 8, 2025 6:10 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: While West Indies will have two attempts at getting accustomed to this new pitch ahead of the semifinal round, this is India’s one and only attempt at doing so. Will they be able to figure out the lay of the land early and get enough out of this match to give them momentum in the semifinals? Runs have been easy to come by so far in this tournament, let’s see if that remains the case.
Mar 8, 2025 6:00 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: Approaching the time for the toss in Raipur, where a big stadium is certain to be fevered with anticipation of watching some of the biggest stars in the game’s history. The energy is certain to be through the roof from the off.
Mar 8, 2025 5:50 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: It seems we have asked this question ahead of every India Masters match, but the Australia contest brought us the closest we have been. In just 33 deliveries, Tendulkar was on fire as he scored 64, and while that was a great innings in a vacuum, it still didn’t dent Australia’s mammoth total.
Moreover, it felt as if Sachin still had a gear he could go to. Will he find that extra special something to make a truly memorable knock?
Mar 8, 2025 5:40 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: Another Australian tops the list for most wickets, Xavier Doherty on 8 thanks to his five-fer against, but Windies’ Ashley Nurse not far behind on 7 wickets so far.
For India, both Pawan Negi and Dhawal Kulkarni have 5 wickets so far.
Mar 8, 2025 5:30 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: SHane Watson is just in monstrous form, having struck three centuries to handily lead the run-scoring charts. Dwayne SMith has been WI’s highest scorer, while Tendulkar became India’s with his 64 against Australia.
Mar 8, 2025 5:20 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: The Windies have tinkered as well. They have had three different captains in three matches — Lara in the opener, then Gayle in the next match when Lara was rested, and most recently Ramdin when both Lara and Gayle were unavailable.
Will those Windies stars make an appearance against India Masters?
Mar 8, 2025 5:10 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: After having a set batting order to start the tournament off, India have offered promotions and chances to some of the other players in the squad, such as Naman Ojha and Saurabh Tiwary coming in for the match vs Australia. Will they get another game today, or is it back to the reliable Rayudu and Yuvraj Singh in those roles?
Mar 8, 2025 5:00 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: Similarly, the Windies started off with a strong pair of wins, but fell a little flat against Sri Lanka in their last match in Vadodara. Chasing 174 on a tired track, the Windies chase never gained any sort of momentum, and they ultimately fell 21 runs short.
Mar 8, 2025 4:40 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: India hold on to the top spot in the table with their three early wins, on 6 points and with a very healthy net run-rate. West Indies down in fourth with 4 points, but with a game in hand and capable of leap-frogging Australia and potentially Sri Lanka to take second spot with a win today. Both teams should already be confident of qualifying.
Mar 8, 2025 4:30 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: After starting off in Navi Mumbai and a brief pitstop in Vadodara, the IML is moving on to its third and final venue for its inaugural edition. The Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium will host the closing stages of the group, before playing host to the semifinals and final as well. What kind of conditions will be on offer in Raipur will become clear today, the first match of this tournament at this venue.
Mar 8, 2025 4:09 PM IST
India Masters vs West Indies Masters Live Score, IML 2025: Hello and welcome to our live blog of India Masters vs West Indies Masters from Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur.
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