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IN PICS: ICC World Cup 2019, Afghanistan vs West Indies, Match 42
West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and opted to bat first against Afghanistan at Headingley.
Last Published on - July 4, 2019 7:08 PM IST
Gayle struck a four but could only manage seven runs before edging one behind to walk back. He acknowledged the crowd, thereby confirming he had played his final world cup innings (AFP Photo)
West Indies won the toss and opted to bat first against Afghanistan. This was, in all likeliness, Chris Gayle’s final world cup match (AFP Photo)
Evin Lewis led the recovery, hitting 58 in a 88-run stand for the second wicket with Shai Hope (AFP Photo)
Nicholas Pooran, who struck a maiden ODI century in his previous innings, continued his form, hitting six fours and a six in a 43-ball 58 (AFP Photo)
It was the partnership between Pooran and captain Jason Holder (45) that helped WI belt 111 runs in the final 10 overs and post 311/6 (AFP Photo)
With West Indies chugging along nicely, Rashid Khan brought relief having Lewis dismissed in the 25th over (AFP Photo)
Shai Hope looked solid during his stay, hitting 77 but fell at the wrong time as the final 10 overs approached (AFP Photo)
Chasing 312 runs to win, Afghanistan lost their skipper Gulbadin Naib early. Kemar Roach struck in the second over as Lewis took a catch to give West Indies their first breakthrough. (AFP Photo)
Young wicketkeeper-batsman and opener Ikram Ali Khil scored a half-century. (AFP Photo)
Rahmat Shah too notched up a fifty as he and Ikram Ali Khil keep the Afghanistan hopes alive with a hundred-plus run stand. (AFP Photo)
Khil and Shah put up a 133-run stand for the second wicket. (AFP Photo)
Carlos Brathwaite broke the Khil-Shah partnership as Chris Gayle took a catch to dismiss Shah. The West Indian then broke into this funny celebrations. (AFP Photo)
Ikram Ali Khil missed on what could be his first ODI hundred as he fell for 86 off Gayle. Najibullah followed Khil soon after as he was run out. (AFP Photo)
Khil and Shah’s dismissals derailed the Afghanistan chase as they lost the last six wickets for 94 runs as the Holder-led West Indies side beat Afghanistan by 23 runs, ending their World Cup 2019 campaign with a win. (AFP Photo)
