The game ended in 10.5 overs..! Run rate jumped by 11 sixes..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
The game ended in 10.5 overs..! Run rate jumped by 11 sixes..!?

West Indies won the match against the USA by 9 wickets. The west indies team's run rate has also reached its peak as they chased down the target of 129 runs set by the US team in just 10.5 overs. This keeps the chance of progressing to the semi-finals of the t20 world cup on home soil. Team USA played against west indies in the Super 8 match of the t20 world cup series. Both the teams had lost their first Super 8 match and were in a must-win situation. After this, west indies captain Powell, who won the toss, chose to bowl.
After this, the USA team, who batted first, scored 128 runs in 19.5 overs and were all out. Chase and Russell took 3 wickets each for West Indies. It was seen that if the west indies team reached this target quickly, they could increase the run rate. After this, the Hope-Charles alliance started on behalf of the west indies team. Hope, who kept his composure in the first over, hit fours and sixes from the second over. A six and a four in every over, the West Indies' score skyrocketed to build hope. 16 runs were added in the last over of the power play alone.
As a result, the west indies team added 58 runs without losing a wicket at the end of 6 overs. After this, Charles, who played calmly, lost the game by 15 runs, on the other hand, Hope scored an amazing half-century in 26 balls. Nicholas Pooran joined him in the action and the sixes kept flying in every over. Milind Kumar scored 22 runs including a hat-trick six in the 9th over. Nicholas Pooran hit 2 sixes in the 11th over and then Hope hit a six to give the west indies the win. west indies scored 130 runs in 10.5 overs and won by 9 wickets. Hope, who played well, scored 82 runs in 39 balls including 8 sixes and 4 fours.
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