In Pictures: India crush Scotland by eight wickets in T20 World Cup to remain in semi-final contention

Scotland's Mark Watt is clean bowled by India's Jasprit Bumrah during the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between India and Scotland at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. India remain in contention to reach the Men's T20 World Cup semi-finals after brutally thrashing Scotland by eight wickets.

India's Mohammed Shami celebrates with Rohit Sharma after taking the wicket of Scotland's Calum MacLeod. Shami recorded very impressive figures of 3-15.

Scotland's Chris Greaves plays a shot as India's wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant watches on. India dismissed Scotland for just 85 off 17.4 overs.

Enjoying the action... India fans, who had been worried following a poor start to the tournament, were treated to a fine performance by their team last night.

India's Rohit Sharma in action. He smashed 30 runs off 16 balls. It was a stunning onslaught as he tired to hit every ball for four or six and often succeeded as India reached 89-2 in just 6.3 overs.

KL Rahul (left) clattered 50 runs off 18 balls as India cruised to the target. It was a dominant performance by the team who knew they had to win with a big margin to improve their net run-rate, and they did.

Scotland's Brad Wheal (right) celebrates after taking the wicket of Sharma. It was a tough day at the office for Scotland, they were outclassed in every department.

India's Virat Kohli shakes hands with Scotland's Richie Berrington at the end of play. The big win takes India's net run-rate above both New Zealand's and Afghanistan's in Group 2 but due to their two defeats they could well yet fail to reach the semi-finals.