West Indies: The semi-final hopes are nonetheless alive for West Indies as they hammered the USA by 9 wickets on Friday to safe their first victory within the Tremendous 8 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The match was held at Kensington Oval, Barbados the place the US gave the goal of 129 runs within the 29 overs.
The match began with the toss gained by West Indies they usually despatched the US to bat first at their residence floor. With the distinctive bowling from the Windies, the staff restricted america to a complete rating of 128 runs.
With the highly effective bowling of Rostan Chase, US batters have struggled to bat correctly as he took three wickets in 4 overs and gave solely 19 runs. He saved the opposition hitters in verify when the West Indies elected to bat first with Andre Russel additionally taking three wickets in 3.5 overs and giving 31 runs.
The goal was left brief for the batsmen of the West Indies with the unbeaten opening of Shai Hope with 82 runs and remained not out. He was additionally supported by Nicholas Pooran together with his impactful inning of 27 runs out of 13 balls with three sixes and a 4.
Shai Hope made brief work of the USA bowling assault together with his right-hand wicketkeeper batter with eight sixes and 4 fours and secured 82 runs in 39 balls. The run chase has remained nice as West Indies gained the match with a terrific run charge.
With earlier defeat in opposition to England, West Indies slipped to the final place within the factors desk of the group 2 of the Tremendous 8 match. With the intention to stay within the race of the semi-final spherical, the staff needed to win the match with an improved run charge and this precisely had been carried out by the gamers.
Windies secured the victory in 11 overs with a Web Run Charge of 1.814 and reached the second spot on the factors desk of group 2 of the Tremendous 8.
Now, the staff has to defeat South Africa on June 24, 2024, which can stay a knockout match for each groups. Notably, from group 2, South Africa has already secured a spot within the semi-final stage of the ICC T20 World Cup, and the match can be necessary for West Indies.
West Indies has performed exceptionally effectively within the group stage format by securing victory in 4 out of 4 matches. The ultimate of the match can be held on June 29, 2024 at Barbados.
