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T20 World Cup 2024 : The 26th match of T20 World Cup 2024 was played between West Indies and New Zealand. In this match, West Indies won by 13 runs. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first. West Indies batted first and scored 149 runs and gave New Zealand a target of 150 runs to win. But they were all out for just 136 runs.
West Indies enter Super 8
After this victory, West Indies has made it to the Super 8. Earlier, India, Australia and South Africa have reached the Super 8. After the defeat against New Zealand, there is now a threat of being eliminated. Batting first, the West Indies team scored 149 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.
Who performed brilliantly for West Indies?
Brandon King and Johnson Charles, who came to open for West Indies, flopped. While King scored 9 runs off 12 balls, Charles was out after scoring just 0 runs. Apart from this, Nicholas Pooran returned to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs, Roston Chase 0, Rovman Powell 1, Andre Russell 14 runs and Akil Hussain also returned to the pavilion after scoring 15 runs. Sherfane Rutherford was the only player to play a brilliant innings for West Indies.
There was a time when the Windies were in trouble
At one time it seemed that the West Indies team would not even be able to cross the 100-run mark. But Rutherford played a brilliant innings for West Indies and took the team's score to 149 runs. He played a brilliant innings of 68 runs in 39 balls. He hit 6 sixes and 2 fours during his innings. The strike rate was around 174. Trent Boult bowled brilliantly for New Zealand and took 3 wickets. Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson took 2-2 wickets each.