MANCHESTER: Skipper Virat Kohli’s gritty half-century and an incisive bowling performance powered India to a comprehensive 125-run win over West Indies on Thursday (Jun 27), all but assuring them of a spot in the World Cup semi-finals. Kohli top-scored with 72 to lay the foundations for India’s 268 for seven after electing to bat first at Manchester’s Old Trafford. The Indian bowlers, led by paceman Mohammed Shami, then dismissed West Indies for 143 in 34.2 overs to end the West Indies’ hopes of progressing. India, who have displaced England as the top-ranked one-day team, remain the only unbeaten side in the tournament and need just one victory from their remaining three league games to guarantee a semi-finals berth. West Indies joined Afghanistan and South Africa as the three teams to bow out of the race for the final four so far. “We can’t complain, we have just become the number one side in the world and we have been playing like that for a while now,” said captain and man-of-the-match Kohli. “Things hadn’t gone our way with the bat in the last few games but we have found a way to win.” Shami, who took a hat-trick in the previous game,…