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Tezzbuzz|21-06-2024
Live Hindi News :- The second Super 8 match of the ICC 2024 T20 World Cup was held in St Lucia on June 20 at 6:00 am. In this, West Indies faced defending champions England in Group 2 at their home ground. England won the toss and declared to bowl first.
After this, Brenton King, who played an active role for the West Indies team, got injured after scoring 23 (18). But on the other hand, another opener Johnson Charles who played wrongly got out on 38 (34) and disappointed.
Similarly, Nicholas Buran at number 3 played a bit wrong and got out on 36 (32).Threatening success: After this, Andre Russell was out after scoring 1(2) runs in the middle order, but captain Rovman Powell was out after scoring 36(17). In the end, Rutherford scored 28*(15) and took West Indies to 180/4 in 20 overs. For England, Jobra Archer, Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali and Livingstone took the maximum of 1-1 wickets.
After this, England's opener Phillip Salt started playing actively while chasing the target of 181 runs and started accumulating runs. Captain Jos Buttler, who gave a good start by sharing 67 runs with him, got caught by Roston Chase on a score of 25 (22).
Next was Moeen Ali, who was bowled by Russell on 13 (10).But Jonny Bairstow, who came after this, ruined the West Indies bowlers in his own style. On the other hand, Phillips Salt, who joined him, made the victory easy by scoring 30 runs by hitting consecutive boundaries of 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4 in the 16th over bowled by Romeria Shepherd. Batting at the same pace, he scored 87* runs with the help of 7 fours, 5 sixes.
Jonny Bairstow scored 48* (26) with him and England scored 181/2 in 17.3 overs to win by 8 wickets.
Apart from this, West Indies won consecutively in the last 8 T20 matches played. But England broke the winning streak in the tournament and proved itself to be the defending champion and came into form at a crucial time.