West Indies opener Bandon King got injured in the very first match of Super-8. During the match against England, he had to pay a heavy price for hitting a long six. Due to this, he suffered a side strain injury and then he had to leave the field in the middle of the game. According to the report, his injury is deep, so he did not come back to bat or field. Now he may be out of the entire tournament and Kyle Mayers may take his place in the team.

Injury happened while trying to take a big shot

England won the toss and invited the host team West Indies to bat. West Indies started the innings very cautiously. England's bowlers were also not giving them any chance to open their hands. In the two overs of the powerplay, both West Indies openers Brandon King and Johnson Charles could score only 13 runs. After this, King thought of increasing the innings rapidly. He hit a 101 meter long six on the ball of Reece Topley.

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After Topley, King hit two boundaries in Jofra Archer's over and shifted the momentum towards West Indies. After Archer, he targeted Sam Curran. While trying to hit big shots on his ball, he got injured, due to which he sat down on the field. Brandon King took treatment from the physio for some time on the field itself but it did not help him. He had to go out. King retired hurt after scoring 23 runs in 13 balls.

West Indies set a target of 181

After the departure of Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran came to bat. After this, Pooran and Charles were seen struggling again. Both also played a lot of dot balls in the middle overs. Nicholas Pooran scored 36 runs in 32 balls, while Johnson Charles scored 38 runs in 34 balls. However, due to the stormy innings of captain Rovman Powell and Sherfan Rutherford, West Indies managed to reach the score of 180. Powell scored 36 runs in 17 balls at a strike rate of 211, while Rutherford scored 28 runs in 15 balls at a strike rate of 186.