Shai Hope batting in the match against USA.
The first match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 was played between the joint hosts on 22 June, in which the West Indies team defeated the USA by a one-sided 9 wickets. In their first match of the Super 8, the Windies team had to face defeat against England, after which it was necessary for them to register a big win in this match to remain in the race for the semi-finals and they also succeeded in it. Batting first in this match, the US team was all out for 128 runs in 19.5 overs, after which the Windies team achieved this target within 10.5 overs at the loss of just 1 wicket on the basis of Shai Hope’s explosive innings.
USA team bowlers looked helpless in front of Shai Hope
Just before this match, the West Indies team suffered a big setback in the form of Brandon King, who is out of the entire tournament due to being unfit. In such a situation, they made Shai Hope a part of the playing 11 in his place and this decision of the Windies team proved to be completely correct. The pair of Hope and Johnson Charles gave a great start to the West Indies team chasing the target of 129 runs and took the team’s score to 58 runs without any loss in the first 6 overs. After this, Charles returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 15 runs in 14 balls. From here Hope got the support of Nicholas Pooran and both did not let the pace of runs slow down at all.
Shai Hope adopted a more aggressive approach than Puran and continued to play big shots, in which 8 sixes and 4 fours were seen in his unbeaten innings of 82 runs in 39 balls. Hope scored runs in this innings with a strike rate of 210. At the same time, an unbeaten innings of 27 runs in 12 balls was also seen from Puran’s bat.
West Indies reached second place in the points table leaving England behind
In this match against America, chasing the target in just 10.5 overs, the West Indies team has improved its net run rate a lot. If we look at the points table of Group 2 of Super 8, South Africa is in the first place with 4 points, while West Indies is in the second place with one win and one loss in 2 matches, in which its net run rate has become 1.814. If we talk about the England team, then after playing 2 matches, they have won one and lost one and their net run rate is 0.412.
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