West Indies defeated New Zealand by 13 runs in, T20 World Cup
Tarobe; West Indies defeated New Zealand by 13 runs in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match.
In the 26th and Group C match of the T20 World Cup played in Taro be, New Zealand won the toss and decided to field first against West Indies, after which West Indies gave New Zealand a target of 150 runs to win.
West Indies did not start the innings well and Johnson Charles returned to the pavilion without scoring a run, Rutherford played an unbeaten innings of 68 runs off 39 balls.
For New Zealand, Trent Bolt took 3 wickets for 16 runs, while Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson took 2 each to guide the pavilion.
Later, in pursuit of the target, the New Zealand team managed to score 136 runs for 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Glenn Phillips was the top scorer for New Zealand with 40 runs.
This was New Zealand’s second match in the event, in the first match they had to face an upset defeat by Afghanistan.
Before the match, Afghanistan was at the first position in the points table of Group C with 2 wins from 2 matches while West Indies were also at the second position on the basis of run rate with 2 wins from 2 matches.