In a match-up reprising the game-changing 1983 World Cup final, India repeated their victory over the West Indies, only this time in much more convincing fashion on Thursday. Not only has the game changed drastically in the intervening 36 years but so too the fortunes of the two teams. India asserted their No. 1 authority in the ODI game as the West Indies continued to falter after promising much in the early phase of the tournament.

India stuttered at the top with the loss of Rohit Sharma having as much to do with the flawed Decision Review System (DRS), as excellent bowling. There was a good case for the ball clipping Rohit's pad to cause the technology spike, rather than his bat. The extreme doubt in this over-turn only confirmed the quick-witted observation of a Channel Nine producer who said when the DRS was first introduced: "There should be a videotape operator sitting with the third umpire to clarify any vagaries."