Afghanistan lost by a huge margin of 104 runs in West Indies record match. Chasing a huge target of 219 runs, Rashid Khan-led Afghanistan were bowled out for just 114 runs in 16.2 overs. Despite losing this match, Afghans did not have any problems. Before that, Rashid Khanra confirmed playing in Super Eight by winning three consecutive matches.
The West Indies cricket team set the highest run record in the history of T20 World Cup in the batting rampage of Nicholas Pooran earlier on Tuesday. Windies scored 218 runs for 5 wickets against Afghanistan. This is the Caribbean's highest run milestone in T20 World Cup.However, Sri Lanka is the owner of the team's record for the highest number of runs in the T20 World Cup. The former world champions posted a mountain of 260 for 7 against Kenya in the first edition of the T20 World Cup. Even in 17 years, they have that record intact.
In the last match of the T20 World Cup group stage, West Indies scored the team's highest run in the current season. Earlier against England, Australia scored 201 runs for 7 wickets. Sri Lanka scored 201/6 against the Netherlands.West Indies went on a rampage after losing the toss at the West Indies World Cup-winning captain Darren Sammy Stadium in St. Lucia on Tuesday. From the beginning of the innings, the Caribbean star batsmen hit one boundary after another.In the first 5 overs West Indies' collection was 85 runs for 1 wicket. At the end of 10 overs, the total was 113/2 runs. Windies scored 105 runs after losing 3 wickets in the last 10 overs. At the end of 20 overs, West Indies collected 218 runs for 5 wickets.
Fenn's Nicholas Puran was run out with two balls left before the end of the innings. Before that, Drishti Nandan scored 98 runs with the help of 53 balls with 6 fours and 8 sixes. Puran missed the century for just 2 runs as he was run out.Besides, opener Johnson Charles scored 43 runs with 8 boundaries off 27 balls. Shai Hope scored 25 runs off 17 balls with two sixes. Captain Rovman Powell scored 26 runs off 15 balls with two sixes and one four. 15 runs from the over.
Chasing a huge target of 219 runs from 120 balls, Afghanistan started losing wickets from the first over of the innings in the face of West Indies' bowling cannon. Afghanistan were all out for only 114 runs in 16.2 overs due to the fall of one wicket after another. Opener Ibrahim Zadran scored maximum 38 runs off 28 balls for the team. Besides, Abdullah Omarzai scored 23 runs off 19 balls. Captain Rashid Khan scored 18 runs off 11 balls.
Obed McVay took 3 wickets for just 14 runs in 3 overs for West Indies. Akil Hossain and Gudakesh Moti took 2 wickets each after spending 21 and 28 runs in 4 overs.
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