Kolkata (PTI): Jasprit Bumrah snared two quick wickets in the middle overs but West Indies still posted a competitive 195 for four against India in their must-win Super 8 T20 World Cup match here on Sunday.

Sent in to bat, Roston Chase (40) and Shai Hope (32) stitched together a 68-run opening stand before Varun Chakaravarthy (1/40) broke through by removing the latter.

Bumrah (2/36) then jolted West Indies with back-to-back strikes to leave them at 103 for three in the 12th over.

Hardik Pandya (1/40) also chipped in with a wicket.

However, Jason Holder (37 not out) and Rovman Powell (34 not out) launched a late assault, adding 76 off 35 balls, to take the total close to the 200-run mark.

Brief score:

West Indies: 195-4 in 20 overs (Roston Chase 40; Jasprit Bumrag 2/36).

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Ghaziabad (UP) (PTI): A 55-year-old criminal wanted in the case of rape and murder of his four-year-old niece was killed in a police encounter late on Sunday night in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, a police official said on Monday.

In the joint operation carried out by the police and Crime Branch, the accused Jeeshan, carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000, allegedly opened fire to evade arrest, resulting in injuries to two personnel, the police said.

According to the police, at around 12 noon on April 11, Jeeshan allegedly lured the child from outside her home on the pretext of buying her toffees. He took her to his room, where he allegedly raped her and subsequently strangled her to death. Following the crime, the accused carried the body on his shoulders and dumped it under a car on an 80-foot road in the Shalimar Garden police station area before fleeing.

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Two days ago, his presence was captured on CCTV footage at Delhi railway station when he was trying to flee out of Delhi. The police received a tip-off that the accused was scheduled to meet someone near the Banthla canal in Loni, the police said.

Following this, a team of the Teela Morh police station barricaded the area, and began checking. They spotted the suspect and signalled him to stop. Upon seeing the police, Jeeshan attempted to flee. Finding himself encircled by the police, he allegedly opened fire on the police team. The police fired in self-defence, in which the accused sustained gunshot wounds. He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead, the police said.

ACP Shalimar Garden Atul Kumar Singh said that the accused was killed in retaliatory firing and the injured policemen -- head constables Amit and Iqbal -- are out of danger.

The body of the deceased has been sent for a post-mortem examination, Singh said, and added that the police have recovered weapons and cartridges from his possession.