Published: Mar 27, 2016, 02:10 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 27, 2016, 01:16 PM (IST)
West Indies and Afghanistan collide in Match 30 of ICC T20 World Cup 2016 at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur. The streaming is available on starsports.com and live telecast on Star Sports HD 1 and Star Sports 1, while the live updates will be available here. The fixture doesn’t hold much of a significance to both the sides, as West Indies have already qualified for the semi’s and Afghanistan have already been knocked out. Yet, both the sides will give their utmost best, as West Indies would want to take forward a winning momentum going into the semi’s, and Afghanistan will want to take some pride and confidence going out. FULL SCORECARD: West Indies vs Afghanistan, 30th T20 Match, Super 10 Group 1
West Indies, along with New Zealand from Group 2, are unbeaten in this year’s T20 World Cup. They started of their campaign by chasing down 183 against England, thanks to an unbeaten century by Chris Gayle. In their second game, they comfortably chased down the target of 123 against Sri Lanka. In their third fixture, they huffed and puffed before chasing down 123 against South Africa.
Afghanistan on the other hand qualified for Super-10 after winning each of their three matches in the qualifying group. Their first match in Super-10 saw them fight till the very end, before Sri Lanka chased down their total of 154 with 7 balls to spare. Their next encounter against South Africa saw them chasing a mammoth 210. They fought valiantly before losing by 37 runs. Against England, they produced a brilliant bowling display by restricting the English batsmen to 142 in their 20 overs. But the lack of experience was clear with Afghanistan’s batting, as they failed to chase down the total.
Both teams have many individual talents among them. West Indies will have to be vary of the threat Mohammad Shahzad can pose, as he will look to leave this tournament on a high note. Chris Gayle definitely be spoken upon in Afghanistan’s team meetings, as their hopes of victory will cringe upon how they deal with Gayle.
