Doubts Remain Over Middle Order, Despite Indian Win

VIRAT Kohli is many things, a fine poker player is probably not one of them.

- Paul Eddison

India, who are now the world’s number one team following England’s stumbles, stand on the brink of the World Cup semifinals after a convincing 125-run victory over the West Indies at Old Trafford.

And yet there is still a lingering feeling that this unbeaten side is not unbeatable.

Kohli became the fastest man ever to 20,000 international runs with his 72, a fourth successive half-century, though he has still yet to make three figures in this tournament.

That puts him in a select group of a dozen men, the only member of this India team, and there were times when it felt like he was fighting a lone battle here.

Rohit Sharma was unlucky early, given out caught behind after a review that did not really seem to provide conclusive evidence that he had got bat rather than pad on the ball.

KL Rahul followed after a fluent 48, but it was then that India’s potential Achilles heel came to the fore again.