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West Indies vs New Zealand: In the T20 World Cup, host West Indies has made it to the Super 8 by scoring a hat-trick of wins. The team defeated a strong team like New Zealand by 13 runs in its third match. Now that West Indies has reached the Super 8, New Zealand's team is almost on the verge of being eliminated from the tournament. New Zealand has played two matches so far and is at the bottom of its group after losing both. India, Australia and South Africa have already qualified for the Super 8. Afghanistan can be the second team from the group along with West Indies to make it to the Super 8.
Strength of Rutherford
This was the 26th match of the T20 World Cup tournament and West Indies batted first and scored 149 runs. Sherfan Rutherford saved the embarrassment as the team's wickets fell continuously. There was a rain of sixes while performing stormy and this explosive batsman played an unbeaten innings of 68 runs in 39 balls. With which the team could reach a respectable score. His innings included 2 fours and 6 sixes. Let us tell you here that Rutherford was part of the winning team Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024. However, he did not get a chance to play. New Zealand's Trent Boult took 3 wickets, Tim Southee took 2 wickets and Lockie Ferguson took 2 wickets.
Bad start for New Zealand
While chasing the target, the New Zealand team fell behind in the beginning and could not hold on till the end. Fast bowler Alzari Joseph broke the back of the team by dismissing 4 Kiwi batsmen. Glenn Phillips tried to handle the falling team but he too was dismissed by Joseph after scoring 40 runs. The rest of the lethal batsmen including captain Kane Williamson flopped. After Joseph, the most successful bowler for Winding was Gudakesh Moti who took 3 wickets.
This happened after 25 years
This happened after 25 years in the history of ICC tournaments when West Indies defeated New Zealand in a match. The last time West Indies defeated New Zealand in the 50-over World Cup was in 1999. After the defeat against Windies, it has become almost impossible for New Zealand to reach the Super 8. This is because Afghanistan has 4 points and is in second place. It still has two matches left. If Rashid Khan's team wins even one match, then New Zealand will be out.