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T20 World Cup 2024 WI vs AFG: Match Highlights, Key Moments And Videos


West Indies players celebrating an Afghanistan wicket (AP)West Indies players celebrating an Afghanistan wicket (AP)

West Indies mauled Afghanistan at St Lucia’s Daren Sammy Cricket Stadium in the final league fixture of the 2024 T20 World Cup. The outcome helped West Indies secure the top spot on the Group C points table.


Here’s the timeline of how WI vs AFG panned out in St Lucia:


WI vs AFG Highlights: Pooran Pummels AFG In Record Powerplay Start

After Azmatullah Omarzai knocked over West Indies opener Brandon King with a peach, the speedster was taken apart by explosive number three batter Nicholas Pooran. The West Indies wicketkeeper even flogged three sixes and a couple of boundaries off Omarzai at one stage to accumulate 36 runs off an extended fourth over of the innings.

Pooran’s early mayhem with the bat ensured West Indies raced to 92-1 by the end of their first six overs to record the highest powerplay score in T20 World Cup history.


WI vs AFG Highlights: Nicholas Pooran Misses Century, WI Reaches 218-5

Nicholas Pooran sustained his batting carnage beyond the powerplay, launching six boundaries and eight sixes to produce 98 runs from just 53 balls. Opener Johnson Charles listed 43 from 27 and shared an 80-run second-wicket stand with Pooran until the right-hander was done-in by a slower one from Naveen-ul-Haq.

Shai Hope and captain Rovman Powell made valuable 20s in the backend of the innings before both were removed by Afghanistan pacer Gulbadin Naib. Regardless, West Indies still listed a monumental 218-run total after being put into bat first.


WI vs AFG Highlights: Akeal Hosein Gets Gurbaz For A Duck, AFG Reaches 45-1 In Six Overs

West Indies opening spinner Aheal Hosein had in-form Afghanistan batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz caught at mid-on by Andre Russell in just the third ball of the run-chase for a duck.

Despite the early setback, Afghanistan managed to score 45-1 in the first six overs, largely owing to opener Ibrahim Zadran’s steady approach with the bat.


WI vs AFG Highlights: Motie, Obed McCoy Shatter Afghanistan’s Middle-Order

Defending 219 runs for a win, West Indies spinner Gudakesh Motie had Gulbadin Naib plumb in front of stumps for just seven. Fast bowler Obed McCoy scythed through the rest of the middle-order by dismissing Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi as Afghanistan slipped from 59-2 to 63-5 at the halfway stage of the innings.


WI vs AFG Highlights: Russell, Joseph Does Clean-Up Job As WI Win Big

Gudakesh Motie added one more wicket to his tally, including that of Noor Ahmed at 98-8. Fast bowlers Alzarri Joesph and Andre Russell did the clean-up job by claiming the final two wickets on offer, as Afghanistan’s entire batting crumbled at 114.

West Indies eventually won the contest by a staggering margin of 104 runs to top the Group C points table.