West Indies Beat USA by 9 Wickets
West Indies kept alive their hopes of reaching the semi-finals by winning by nine wickets against USA on Saturday. Now West Indies will play their third match against South Africa on 24th June. In the last match, the Windies team had suffered a crushing defeat against England. At the same time, it is now difficult for America to reach the semi-finals.
Status of the points table of Group 2
West Indies has made a big change in Group 2 with this win. Now the team has reached the second position with two points. At the same time, their net run rate has become +1.814. England’s team has slipped to the third position with one win in two matches. They do have two points in their account but their net run rate is +0.412. At the fourth position is the American team which has not got a single win in the Super-8 so far. At the same time, their net run rate has become -2.908. At present, South Africa is at the top of this group with four points and a net run rate of +0.625.
After losing the toss and batting first, America scored 128 runs for 10 wickets in 19.5 overs. In reply, West Indies scored 130 runs for one wicket in 10.5 overs thanks to Shai Hope’s unbeaten innings of 82 runs and won the match by nine wickets. West Indies has to play its next match against South Africa. If the team wins this match, it will reach the top of the points table and make it to the semi-finals.
West Indies innings
Chasing the target of 129 runs, West Indies got off to a great start. There was a partnership of 67 runs for the first wicket between Shai Hope and Johnson Charles. Harmeet Singh got Charles caught by Milind Kumar on the last ball of the seventh over. He could score only 15 runs. After this, Nicholas Pooran took over the front. He played an important role in getting the team victory along with the opening batsman. There was an unbeaten partnership of 63 runs between the two. Puran scored 27 runs in 12 balls with the help of one four and three sixes. Hope, on the other hand, performed brilliantly. He scored 82 runs with the help of four fours and eight sixes. During this, his strike rate was 210.25.
USA Innings
America has given a target of 129 runs to West Indies. After losing the toss and batting first, America’s innings was reduced to 128 runs in 19.5 overs. Andries Gaus scored the highest 29 runs for America. At the same time, Roston Chase took the highest three wickets for West Indies, while Andre Russell and Alzari Joseph got two wickets each.
America had a bad start. Steven Taylor was out after scoring two runs. After this, Gaus shared a 48-run partnership with Nitish Kumar. This partnership was broken by Gudakesh Moti. He got Nitish LBW. Nitish could score only 20 runs in 19 balls. Gaus also became the victim of Alzari Joseph in an attempt to increase the run rate. He was out after scoring 29 runs in 16 balls with the help of three fours and a six. Captain Aaron Jones (11), Corey Anderson (7) and Harmeet Singh (0) were sent to the pavilion by Roston Chase. Chase dismissed Anderson and Harmeet on two consecutive balls in the 14th over. Milind Kumar was dismissed after scoring 19 runs and Shedley Van was dismissed after scoring 18 runs. Kenjige returned to the pavilion after scoring one run and Saurabh Netravalkar returned without opening the account. Ali Khan remained unbeaten after scoring 14 runs in six balls.
