The action is progressively building towards the Super Eight round of the main event as the T20 World Cup excitement reaches fever pitch. The West Indies (WI), the hosts, played some exciting cricket on Tuesday, though, before the game’s fans were ready for some fierce matches. At the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St. Lucia on June 16, the hosts played Afghanistan (AFG) in Match 40 of the Group stage.
Afghanistan won the toss and asked the West Indies to bat first. Azmatullah Omarzai struck early, cleanly removing batter Brandon King in the second over, suggesting that Rashid Khan’s decision was going in his favour. After that, Johnson Charles and Nicholas Pooran start working together to construct a strong base for the hitters while keeping the tempo high.
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However, Pooran had other plans and would amaze everyone with a historic achievement. As Omarzai bowled his second over of his bowling spell in the fourth over of the innings, something happened. With a crazy 36 runs in his over, the big hitter gave the Afghan bowler a taste of Caribbean calypso. Consequently, the Afghan all-rounder ended up becoming the fifth bowler in T20I history to concede as many runs. In addition, Nicholas Pooran beat Chris Gayle to become the West Indies batsman with the most sixes in the format.
Nicholas Pooran’s run-carnage came to a stop as Azamatullah Omarzai executed a spectacular runout.
After Nicholas Pooran nearly hit a historic century for the West Indies to light up the T20 World Cup 2024 stage. The story of Afghanistan’s suffering took a surprising turn when Pooran’s fury was quelled by none other than Azmatullah Omarzai, who executed a spectacular runout dismissal.
The moment arrived too late, though, as the West Indies had already amassed an enormous 215 runs with two balls remaining at that point.
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