LEICESTER, England, (CMC) – West Indies Champions bowed out of the World Championship of Legends on a losing note after suffering a five-wicket defeat to India Champions here on Tuesday.

Needing a win to qualify for the semifinals, Kieron Pollard struck an unbeaten 74 from 43 balls and Dwayne Smith scored 20, but no other batsman reached double digits as they were restricted to 144 for nine from their 20 overs after being sent in to bat.

India advanced to the semifinals of the World Championship of Legends after defeating the West Indies by five wickets.
Needing to reach their target in 14.1 overs to qualify, India strolled to 148 for five in only 13.2 overs, with Player-of-the-Match Stuart Binny hitting an unbeaten, even half century.
West Indies produced a disappointing batting performance and at one point looked in danger of being bowled out well inside their allotted overs after crumbling to 111 for nine.
But Pollard, who hit eight sixes and three fours, scored all 33 runs in his partnership with last man Sheldon Cottrell to get them up to a decent total.
Piyush Chawla was India’s best bowler with 3-18, while Binny grabbed 2-17 and Varun Aaron 2-40.

Smith then returned to grab two early wickets to see Pakistan slip to 52 for four in the eighth over, but Binny and captain Yuvraj Singh stemmed the flow of wickets in a 66-run partnership in just four overs that ultimately determined the outcome.

And when Singh was dismissed for 21 off 11 balls, Yusaf Pathan scored an unbeaten 21 from just seven balls to help India ease to victory with 40 balls to spare.
Binny finished on 50 not out from 21 balls with four sixes and three fours.

Smith took 2-21 and Dwayne Bravo 2-47 for the West Indies, who finished last in the six-team table on two points with one win from their five matches.