Thursday , December 26 2024

In the T20 World Cup, West Indies chased the target in 10.5 overs and defeated America by 9 wickets, Hope's stormy batting

ICC T20 World Cup 2024: The World Cup host team faced each other in the Group 2 match of the Super-8 of the T20 World Cup 2024 today. In which West Indies defeated America by 9 wickets. Shai Hope played his biggest T20 innings in West Indies' victory. With this, the Super-8 round has become even more exciting as West Indies remain in the race for the semi-finals.

West Indies achieved the target by losing one wicket

In the match played at Kensington Oval Stadium in Barbados, West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the US team was all out for 128 runs in 19.5 overs. In reply, West Indies achieved the target by losing one wicket in 10.5 overs. In this match, no batsman of the US team could even cross the 30-run mark.

Shai Hope played the biggest innings of T20

Both Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran remained unbeaten till the end of the match. Shai Hope scored an unbeaten 82 off just 39 balls. With the help of 8 sixes and 4 fours, Shai Hope played the biggest innings of his T20 International career. Earlier, he had scored 55 runs against Bangladesh in the year 2018. This was his fourth half-century in T20. Both West Indies and USA lost their opening Super-8 matches.