WI vs AFG T20: West Indies made the highest score, but the dream of first century in T20 World Cup was shattered by run out

New Delhi. Afghanistan’s bowling attack, which is considered extremely dangerous, was shattered by West Indies in the T20 World Cup 2024 on Tuesday. Host West Indies scored 218 runs in this last match of the group stage of the tournament. This is the highest score of T20 World Cup 2024. Earlier this record was in the name of Australia, who scored 201 runs for 7 wickets against England. Nicholas Pooran scored 98 runs in this match. This is also the highest individual score in T20 World Cup 2024. Earlier this achievement was in the name of America’s Aaron Jones (94).

Host West Indies and Afghanistan faced each other in the T20 World Cup on Tuesday. This was also the last match of the group stage of the tournament. Both these teams have already qualified for the Super-8 from Group C. Therefore, this match was more about maintaining the winning streak than just a battle for points, in which the host team was successful. West Indies is in Group-2 in the Super-8 stage. Afghanistan’s team is in Group 1, in which its first match is against India. Australia and Bangladesh teams are also in Group 1.

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Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl first. But when West Indies started batting, it never felt that they had come to the field after losing the toss. For them, Nicholas Pooran played a stormy innings of 98 runs in 53 balls. he/she hit 8 sixes and 6 fours in this innings. Nicholas had a chance to become the first century of T20 World Cup 2024, but he/she was run out in the last over. In this way, not only Nicholas Pooran’s dream of scoring a century was shattered, but the wait for the first centurion of the tournament also remained.

Farooqi, Rashid, Noor did not get any wicket
Apart from Nicholas Pooran, Johnson Charles (43), captain Rovman Powell (26) and Shai Hope (25) batted brilliantly for West Indies. With the help of all these, West Indies scored 218 runs in 20 overs. Fazalhaq Farooqui, who bowled brilliantly in the last 3 matches for Afghanistan, did not get a single wicket. Captain Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmed also recorded 0 wickets in their wicket account. Gulbadin Naib took the maximum 2 wickets for Afghanistan. Naveen Ul Haq and Azmatullah Omarzai got one wicket each.

Afghanistan all out in 16.2 overs
The Afghan batsmen lost their morale in front of the huge target. The Afghanistan team which had reached the Super-8 after winning 3 matches in a row, surrendered easily against West Indies. The situation became so bad that the team could not even play the full 20 overs. West Indies bowled out Afghanistan for 114 runs in 16.2 overs. In this way, West Indies won this match by 104 runs.

McCoy took the most wickets
Opener Ibrahim Zadran scored the most runs for Afghanistan. he/she played an innings of 38 runs in 28 balls. Azmatullah Omarzai scored 23 and captain Rashid Khan scored 18 runs. No other batsman could reach the score of 15. Obed Mackay took the most 3 wickets for West Indies. Aqeel Hussain and Gudakesh Moti took 2-2 wickets each.

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