West Indies have reached the Super 8 of the ongoing T20 World Cup. West Indies defeated New Zealand by 13 runs in the Group C match that was completed on Thursday morning and reached the Super Eight of the World Cup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chasing the target of 150 runs given by West Indies, New Zealand scored only 136 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips scored 40 runs while Finn Allen scored 26 runs and Mitchell Santner scored 21 unbeaten runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alzarri Joseph took 4 wickets and Gudakesh Motie took 3 wickets. Before this, West Indies, who batted first, scored 149 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Sherfane Rutherford scored the highest 68 runs for West Indies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Similarly, New Zealand bowler Trent Boult took 3 wickets and Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson took 2 wickets each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After this victory, West Indies secured their place in Super Eight from Group C with 6 points by winning three consecutive matches. Likewise, New Zealand has suffered its second consecutive defeat and the trip to the Super Eight is in jeopardy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this group, Afghanistan is in the second place by winning both the 2 matches and collecting 4 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, if Afghanistan wins the match against PNG on Friday, they will reach the Super Eight, while New Zealand will be out of the race for the Super Eight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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