Home > Cricket Breaking News > ICC T20 World Cup 2024: West Indies defeated Afghanistan by 104 runs.
Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bowl at the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St. Lucia. West Indies scored 218 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. This was the highest score of this World Cup.
Nicholas Pooran scored 98 runs in 53 balls for West Indies. At the same time, Johnson Charles scored 43 runs and Rovman Powell scored 26 runs. Whereas, Obed McCoy took 3 wickets. Gudakesh Moti and Akeel Hossain got 2-2 wickets. Andre Russell and Alzari Joseph got 1-1 wickets.
Ibrahim Zadran scored the most runs for Afghanistan. He played an innings of 38 runs. Whereas, Gulbadin Naib got 2 wickets. At the same time, Azmatullah Omarzai and Naveen Ul Haq got 1-1 wickets.
This match had no effect on the Super-8. However, Afghanistan had to face its first defeat in the tournament, while West Indies is undefeated.
With the wicket of Rashid Khan, Afghanistan was all out for 114 runs. On the second ball of the 17th over, Andre Russell got him caught by Rovman Powell.
West Indies gave Afghanistan a target of 219 runs. This World Cup saw a score of 200+ for the third time. Earlier, Australia had scored 201 runs against England and Sri Lanka had scored 201 against Netherlands. Both had won the match by defending the score.
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2024-06-18