You start the game with the flip of a coin, and luck starts playing a factor in the game even before you've bowled or faced your first delivery.

Perhaps, no game is more attuned to luck the way cricket is. At least, not unless you take playing cards as a sport. You have pitches that change features to take into account; weather conditions that may disrupt the game to keep an eye on; umpiring errors to contend with; strange rules and spirit of the game to uphold; spider-cams to look out for; edges that don't go to hand; hands that don't take the edges and what not. Luck and cricket are inseparable companions. It may be cruel and at times, seemingly, unfair. But, it is also what makes cricket the special game that it is.

Luck was also what made Thursday's (March 31) semifinal between India and West Indies at the Wankede