West Indies created history by electing to bat first after losing the toss against Afghanistan at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St. Lucia. In the last match of Group C of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, West Indies scored 92 runs for the loss of one wicket in the powerplay thanks to the explosive batting of Johnson Charles and Nicholas Pooran. This is the highest score by any team in the first Powerplay in T20 World Cup history. The record was previously held by the Netherlands who scored 92 for the loss of one wicket in the first Powerplay against Ireland in Sylhet in 2014. Let us tell you that West Indies did not start well and the team lost the wicket of opener Brendan King on the 11th ball of the match, but after this Nicholas Pooran took a lot of notice of Azmatullah Umarzai who bowled the fourth over. of the match and scored 36 runs in this over.
After winning the toss, West Indies, who came to bat first, scored 13 runs in the over of Fazalhaq Farooqui, who came to open the bowling from Afghanistan. However, Azmatullah Omarzai gave Afghanistan their first breakthrough in this over, guiding Brandon King to the pavilion on a personal score of 7. He scored 9 runs in this over. Fazal Haq Farooqui came to bowl the third over of the match. In this over, Johnson Charles scored 15 runs on the basis of three fours. While Nicholas Puran created history in the fourth over of the match and scored 36 runs. After this, West Indies scored 12 runs in the fifth over of the match. When only 7 runs came in the last over of Powerplay.
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Highest Powerplay Score in T20 World Cup
912/1 – West Indies v Afghanistan – Gros Islet, 2024
91/1 – Netherlands v Ireland – Sylhet, 2014
89/3 – England v South Africa – Wankhede, 2016
83/0 – South Africa v England – Wankhede, 2016
82/2 – India vs Scotland – Dubai, 2021
If we talk about T20 international cricket then this is the fourth highest score in Powerplay. South Africa holds the record for highest Powerplay score in T20 Internationals. This is followed by West Indies at the second position while Ireland is at the third position.
Highest Powerplay Score in T20 Internationals
102/0 – South Africa vs West Indies, Centurion, 2023
98/4 – West Indies Vs. Sri Lanka, Coolidge, 2021
93/0 – Ireland v West Indies, St. George, 2020
92/1 – West Indies v Afghanistan, Gros Islet, 2024
Let us tell you that Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bowl first in this match. Both the teams have already qualified for Super-8 in the current tournament. In such a situation today’s match will not be affected. However, West Indies and Afghanistan are unbeaten so far in Group C and both teams will be looking to register a win before heading to the Super-8.
This is the playing eleven of both the teams
West Indies Playing XI: Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shai Hope, Rovman Powell (c), Sherfan Rutherford, Andre Russell, Aqeel Hossain, Alzari Joseph, Gudakesh Moti, Obed McCoy.
Afghanistan Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbuddin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui.