West Indies came back to winning ways on Friday during the Super-8 match vs USA in the T20 World Cup game in Barbados. The home team won by 9 wickets with 55 balls to spare. Shai Hope was thew hero with the bat as he scored an unbeaten 82 from 39 balls with 4 boundaries and 8 sixes.
Both sides had come into the game looking for a win. The United States of America had given a tough fight to South Africa before losing their game. West Indies on the other hand had lost after bad fielding and bowling had cost them the match against England.
United States of America were put into bat first by Rovman Powell and were bundled out for just 128. Three wickets each by Roston Chase and Andre Russell played a key role in USA being dismissed. Andries Gous was the batter for the visitors with his 29 coming off 16 balls.
Shai Hope leads West Indies to huge win
Chasing 129 runs to win, Shai Hope and Johnson Charles came out to open the batting. The right-handed batter had replaced Brandon King who had suffered an injury in the last match versus England.
Johnson Charles struggled on his way to scoring 16 runs from 14 balls with 2 fours to his name. The opening pair had raised 67 runs in 7 overs before Charles fell to Harmeet Singh caught by Milind Kumar.
That was the only wicket of the game as Nicholas Pooran joined Shai Hope and took the team to the win. Pooran was not out on 27 runs from 13 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes as the pair added an unbeaten 63 runs in just 3.5 overs to seal the game.
With this win now have overtaken England to go second in the Super-8 table due to a better run-rate. England had lost their game to South Africa by the barest of margins in the first match of the day. The final round of fixtures will witness West Indies facing South Africa and England taking on USA as the race for Semi-Finals heats up.
Here’s how the fans reacted
Shai Hope supremacy tweet.
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima) June 22, 2024
Singlehandedly won the game for West Indies. 👌🙌🏏#WIvsUSA#USAvsWI
WEST INDIES chase down 129 in just 10.5 overs! Shai Hope shines as the hero, scoring an unbeaten 82 off 39 balls with 4 fours and 8 sixes.#WIvsUSA #USAvsWI pic.twitter.com/hlTzRnU0iF
— Muhammad Saeed (@saeedmalik91) June 22, 2024
Some so called Indian YouTubers journalists were saying during IPL that Sai Hope is not a T20 batsman. I laughed at them then and now too. I always thinks he is a class player of white ball.What will the YouTubers born in Lokhdaun know?#SaiHope #WIvsUSA #WIvUSA pic.twitter.com/IBAjR9xkdF
— JAISAL KUMAR (@JAISALKUMAR97) June 22, 2024
WEST INDIES DEFEATED USA IN JUST 10.5 OVERS...!!!! 🏝️
— shivang Soni 🕊️ (@shivang_so20265) June 22, 2024
- Shai Hope smashed 82* (39). 🤯🔥#wivsusa #usavswi #t20wordcup pic.twitter.com/JOCkYwV0eT
Time to bench Johnson charles and bring in Kyle Mayers .. charles has been a burden and can be the hindrance moving forward #WIvsUSA #worldt20
— Kartikeya (@mrkartikeya_) June 22, 2024
#USAvsWI
— suresh shiva (@lordshiva1960) June 22, 2024
Moral Lesson..
Minnows Should Not Be Allowed
In World Cup @ICC#WIvsUSA
@Rizzvi73 @wwasay Bhai Ye West Indies Toh Galt Reha , Aise Run Rate se Jeetna Toh Kahi Likha hi nhi Physics Chemistry Mein ??#WIvsUSA#USAvWI #WIvUSA #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/I34TX080sa
— Tejpal Singh (@TezzzCric) June 22, 2024