WI vs AFG Highlights, T20 World Cup 2024: West Indies demolishes Afghanistan to top group

Rashid Khan smokes a six off Russell. He goes for another big one next ball. Edged. It is a skier. Powell gets under it and then completes a good catch. 

West Indies wins by 104 runs!

Alzarri Joseph with a near-perfect bouncer. Naveen can only fend at it. Pooran takes a good diving catch. 

Naveen-ul-Haq c †Pooran b Joseph 4 (6b 1x4 0x6)

AFG 108/9 in 16 overs

Fired in by Motie. Noor lobs it straight to the fielder at long on. 

Noor Ahmad c Rutherford b Motie 2 (4b 0x4 0x6)

West Indies closing in on a huge win. AFG 102/8 in 15 overs

Russell is back and Rashid gets the over underway with a swat over covers which fetches him a four. The rest of the over passes by quietly. Just eight runs from the over. 

Janat is left high and dry after he sets off for a run which his skipper Rashid Khan says no to. Easy run out. Afghanistan sinking. 

Karim Janat run out (King/Hosein) 14 (9b 0x4 1x6)

Hosein with one that grips the surface. Omarzai can only watch as it pops off his leading edge for Powell to take an easy catch. 

Azmatullah Omarzai c Powell b Hosein 23 (19b 1x4 1x6)

McCoy continues his stranglehold over the Afghan batters. Continues to bow for over the wicket to the right handed batters and gives away just five runs. 

Third over for Motie. Janat cuts one for a double to start the over. Steps down the track to loft one over the mid wicket fence for a six next ball. Omarzai too gets into the act. Elegantly carves it over long off for a six. 

McCoy continues. Takes Omarzai’s edge, runs away to third man for a single. WICKET!! Movement into the right hander, Nabi is late to bring his bat in, sees the furniture disturbed behind him. 

Nabi b Obed McCoy 1(4)

Karim Janat in at 7. Gets off the mark with a single first ball. 

Motie continues. Mohammad Nabi joins Omarzai in the middle. Just the three runs from the over. 

McCoy into the attack. Swings in from a length, beats the batter, keeper and the helmet placed at the back to run away for four byes. WICKET!! Ibrahim flicks one straight down the throat of deep square leg. Good hand played by the opener. 

Ibrahim Zadran c Charles b Obed McCoy 38(28)

Najib Zadran in at 5. Full and wide, misses his slash. WICKET!! Najib cuts one straight to deep point. 

Najibullah c Charles b Obed McCoy 0(2)

Gudakesh Motie into the attack. WICKET!! Straighter one on offstump, umpire raises his finger for lbw, Naib reviews. Umpires call on hitting and Motie strikes in his first over. 

Gulbadin lbw b Motie 7(10)

Azmat Omarzai in at 4. Ibrahim punches one through the covers to pick up a couple after Omarzai gets off strike. Five from the over. 

Alzarri continues. Four!! Length ball down leg, turned behind for a boundary through fine leg. Six!! On the pads again, Ibrahim lofts it over the fence at fine leg. Outside edge off the penultimate ball, single to deep third. 

Hosein continues. Four!! Ibrahim steps down and drives through cover, just beats the fielder in the circle. Four!! Overpitched, lofted down the ground for another boundary. 11 runs off the over. 

Alzarri Joseph into the attack. Four!! A touch full, Ibrahim lofts it down the ground, not the best timing but enough to beat the fielder to the boundary. Opens the bat face to guide a short of length ball to third man for a single. Four!! On the stumps, Naib flicks through midwicket for another boundary. 

Four!! Quicker ball, Ibrahim carves it through the gap in the offside for a boundary. On the pads to Naib, flicked straight to the square leg fielder. 

Andre Russell into the attack. Ibrahim gets off the mark with a couple to midwicket. Three runs from the over. 

Gurbaz and Ibrahim open for Afghanistan in its chase of 219. Akeal Hosein with the new ball in hand.

Back of a length on the stumps to Gurbaz, defended off the back foot. WICKET!! Gurbaz looks to loft one downtown, off the toe-end, provided an easy catch for Russell at mid on. 

Gurbaz c Russell b Akeal Hosein 0(3)

Gulbadin Naib in at 3. Wicket Maiden!!

Naveen starts the final over with over the shoulder wide. Naveen lands the next one in Pooran’s hitting arc. No missing that one. Launched straight back for a six. Naveen misses the yorker again. Low full toss. Pumped over deep mid wicket for another six. 

RUN OUT!! Pooran goes for a risky second run after a hit to the off side. Spectacular direct hit by Omarzai from the deep. 

Nicholas Pooran run out (Azmatullah Omarzai) 98 (53b 6x4 8x6)

West Indies finishes with 218/5 in 20 overs. 

Powell pumps Naib’s first ball straight down the ground for a six. Slower ball from Naib now. Top edge and easy catch. 

Rovman Powell c sub (Nangeyalia Kharote) b Gulbadin Naib 26 (15b 1x4 2x6)

Just eight runs from the over. 

WI 201/4 in 19 overs

Rashid Khan with his final over of the day. Raps Pooran on the pad. Afghan burns a review on it. Rashid pushes one in. Pooran nails the slog sweep. SIX!! Full again. Not the greatest timing from Pooran. But four more. Short now from Rashid. Pulled away for a six by Pooran. The wind certainly helped Pooran there. Overpitched again. Pooran creams it over long on for another six. What an over for West Indies. 

Low full toss outside off by Naveen. Pooran slices it in front of point for a four. Slower one now Pooran can only get a single. Short from Naveen. Powell pulls it fine. More of a top edge. Four anyway. 

Farooqi is back and Powell welcomes his back with a six. Full and in his range and swatted away for a six straight over the umpire. Farooqi goes around the wicket now. Powered to long off. Single only. Short to Pooran. Pulled for a double. 

Noor to finish off his quota. Loops one outside off. Pooran has a go at it. Misses the ball completely. Loud appeal from Gurbaz. No reaction from the umpire. Another boundaryless over from Afghanistan. 

Rashid with his third. Squeezes two dot balls out of Pooran. Couple of singles follow. Pooran taps one to the leg side to get to his fifty. It has come in 31 balls. Another quiet over for West Indies. 

Gulbadin Naib into the attack and he strikes immediately. Hope tries to clear the leg side field again, but fails. Good low catch by Zadran. 

Shai Hope c Najibullah Zadran b Gulbadin Naib 25 (17b 0x4 2x6)

Naib keeps the pressure on for the rest of the over. Just six runs from it. 

WI 141/3 in 13 overs

Noor returns. Hope and Pooran exchange strike with singles. Noor hangs it just outside the off stump. Inside edge from Hope. Two runs gained. Quiet over from the wrist spinner. 

Nabi with his first over of the day. Shai Hope on strike. Pushed into the slot and Hope brings out the slog. Perfectly timed. SIX!! Nabi brings the length just a bit. But that doesn’t deter Hope. Flatter this time. Result is the same. Six more. Another big hit attempted. Just a double this time. 

Rashid with his second over. Two singles to start off the over. Tossed up full to the new batter, Hope prods forward and defends. Hope gets a single to long on. Five from the over, good comeback from Afghanistan over the last four overs. 

Noor continues. Full and wide, Pooran drives through cover and will pick up a couple. Just six from the over as the new batter Shai Hope walks in. 

Naveen continues. Full and wide, Charles misses the waft outside off. Chance!! Charles mistime the shot down the ground, just beats Nabi at mid off. Got his fingertips to it did Nabi. Four!! Naveen goes short, Charles pulls in front of square for a boundary. 100 up for the West Indies.

WICKET!! Charles pushes at a slower one, hits it straight to Naib at short cover. Finally, a breakthrough for AFG.

Charles c Gulbadin b Naveen-ul-Haq 43(27)

Noor Ahmad into the attack. Gurbaz manages to catch one down leg after a fumble, Noor appeals for caught behind as well. Not given on field, review taken. Nothing on UltraEdge and Afg loses a review. Charles looks to go big, doesn’t get the connection, just a single. Just four runs from the over. 

Naveen into the attack. Appeals for lbw first ball, was probably going down leg. Four!! On the pads, clipped behind for a boundary. Two more to the offside sweeper for Charles. 92 runs off the PowerPlay, most in T20 WC history. 

Rashid into the attack. Four!! Overpitched outside off, Pooran lofts it down the ground for a boundary. Four!! Deft touch, runs behind through third man for four more. Twelve runs from the over. 

Omarzai continues. SIX!! Pooran tries to hoick one over midwicket, the edge goes over third man for six! Four!! Connects with the hoick this time, will get a boundary through midwicket. Front foot no-ball as well. Short ball, well over the head of the keeper. Five wides. Cleans up Pooran on the free hit ball. Four!! Full outside leg stump, clips the pads and runs away for four more. Four!! Full and wide, carved over the offside for four more. Six!! Full and straight launched over midwicket for six. Six!! Six more, down the ground this time. 36 runs from the over.

Farooqi continues. Finds a little bit of movement with a knuckle-ball slower one. Four!! Quick ball again, wide outside the stump, Charles cuts past deep backward point for another boundary. A slight misfield at point hands the batters a single. Four!! Wide again, Charles pierces the gap at backward point for another boundary. Four!! Straighter in line but overpitched, driven down the ground for four more. 

Azmat Omarzai into the attack. Four!! Full and swinging away, gets Charles’ edge but it runs past short third to the boundary for four. Four!! Another edge as Charles looks to drive, another boundary. WICKET!! Full and straight this time, King plays all over it and sees the stumps knocked back. 

Brandon King b Azmatullah 7(6)

Nicholas Pooran in at 3. Keeps out the first ball. 

Fazalhaq Farooqi with the new ball in hand. Brandon King and Johnson Charles are the openers. 

FOUR!! Farooqi to King, Full and swinging in, King clips it past mid on for a boundary. Yorker length outside off, King can’t get his bat to it. No ball called as well. Nails the yorker on the free hit ball, just a single to mid on. Four!! On the pads, clipped behind square for four more. Full on the pads again, King flicks it to midwicket and comes back for a couple. 13 from the over. 

It is more to gain than to lose, it’s a good opportunity for us to play good cricket. It’s not a matter of stressing it, it’s a matter of gaining confidence from this game. We have two changes - Romario Shepherd is out and Obed McCoy is in and Roston Chase is out and Shai Hope comes in. Romario is with his family for the birth of his second child.

We are gonna bowl. It’s just about making sure how we go about the run-chase. Also, with the oppsition, it is best to bowl first. We have to adjust quickly, we have seen a couple of games here, it’s going to be a bouncy wicket, most of the guys have played in the CPL and that will help. Toss is not a big advantage, it’s more about playing the right brand of cricket and taking good decisions.

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan(c), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

West Indies: Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran(w), Shai Hope, Rovman Powell(c), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Obed McCoy

Afghanistan wins the toss and sends West Indies out to bat. 

WEST INDIES

Rovman Powell (c), Alzarri Joseph, Johnson Charles (wk), Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope (wk), Akeal Hossain, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Obed McCoy.

AFGHANISTAN

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammed Ishaq (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (c), Nangyal Kharoti, Hazratullah Zazai, Noor Ahmad, Naveen ul Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik.

Matches played: 1

Result - Afghanistan won by 6 runs (Nagpur; 2016)

Matches played: 7

West Indies won: 4

Afghanistan won: 3

Last result: Afghanistan won by 29 runs (Lucknow; 2019)

West Indies: Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran(wk), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell(C), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (c), Karim Janat, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi

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