Tags: ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024,
West Indies vs Papua New Guinea, 2nd Match, Group C at Guyana, Jun 02, 2024,
West Indies,
Papua New Guinea
Printed on: Jun 02, 2024
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Rovman Powell received the toss and West Indies will bowl first towards Assad Vala’s Papua New Guinea. West Indies defeated Papua New Guinea by 5 wickets of their T20 World Cup 2024 opener, in Georgetown on Sunday. Chasing 137, West Indies reached 137/5 in 19 overs, courtesy of an unbeaten knock of 42 runs off 27 balls by Roston Chase.
Sese Bau high scored for Papua New Guinea with a gentle 50 as wickets fell throughout him towards the West Indies as PNG posted 136/8 in 20 overs. The WI bowlers rattled PNG early after they despatched again 2 batters for simply 10 with Akeal Hosein cleansing up Lega Siaka and Romario Shepherd taking out Tony Ura. Assad Vala tried to go on the bowlers however he was additionally dismissed by Alzarri Joseph with PNG dropping 3 in powerplay. Joseph ended up with 2 whereas Andre Russell additionally picked up 2 wickets.
Rovman Powell, the victorious skipper of West Indies is up for a chat. He begins by appreciating PNG for the best way they performed. Mentions that it was vital to start out effectively and he’s glad to get the 2 factors. Feels that they gave away 10-15 runs too many and needs to enhance on that side.
Shares that they’ve loved taking part in collectively as a unit since he has taken over the captaincy and hopes to take pleasure in this event as a group. Lauds Roston Chase for his bowling effort in addition to for his batting below stress. Reckons that they are often higher in all three departments and return and see what they didn’t do effectively on this sport whereas making ready for the following sport.
Roston Chase is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his match-winning knock. He says that he’s very happy to start out the event with a win. Tells that he’s glad to do the job for the group. Shares that it was onerous for the brand new batter to start out the innings so he tried to provide himself time and again his expertise. Mentions that after you bought in, it was simpler to bat.
