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Two-time champion West Indies has started the T20 World Cup with a win. On Sunday, Windies defeated Papua New Guinea by 5 wickets in a thrilling match at Providence Stadium in Guyana. Papua New Guinea scored 136 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs, the target of 137 runs was chased by West Indies for 5 wickets in 19 overs.
Many interesting moments were seen during this period. Roston Chase took a brilliant catch of Papua New Guinea captain Asad Vala at backward point.
Read further 4 moments and 2 records of this match…
1. Akil got his turn on the first ball of the match
West Indies left arm spinner Akil Hussain brought the first over of the innings. Tony Oora was shocked to see the turn in the very first ball of the innings. Tony tried to play an inside out shot and the ball turned and went to the keeper, however, Tony could not do much for his team and in the very next over, he was caught by Romario Shepherd at the hands of keeper Nicholas Pooran at the score of 2 runs. Got out.
Akil took 1 wicket for 9 runs in 3 overs.
2. Akil bowled Laga Saika
Akil Hussain clean bowled Lega Saika for 1 run on the first ball of the second over of his spell. Akil bowled the first ball of the third over with an arm ball. The ball came inwards rapidly and Lega Saika could not understand and was bowled.
Akil clean bowled Lega Saika in the second over.
3. Roston Chase took a brilliant catch
On the last ball of the sixth over, Asad Vala played a shot towards point, where Roston Chase took a brilliant catch while jumping. Asad Wala square cut the length ball with the back foot. The ball went in the air and Chase took a brilliant catch at backward point while jumping to the left.
Roston Chase took this catch at backward point
4. Life to Puran on the fourth ball of the second over.
The fourth ball of the second over was going inside the line of leg stump. The ball hit the pad of Nicholas Pooran. Bowler Ellie Now appealed. The umpire gave the decision of not out. Here the captain of Papua New Guinea did not take DRS. Replays later showed that the ball hit the stump and Pooran was out LBW.
Now, on the first ball of the same over, Johnson Charles was out LBW on the score of 0 runs. Now bowled this over wicket maiden. There were a total of two overs with maiden wickets in this match. First- Now’s. Second- Captain Asad Wala. Who got set batsman Brendan King caught out on the score of 34 runs in the 10th over.
Puran scored 27 runs after getting life support
Now know the records made in the match…
1. Charles Amini becomes the third batsman to score a thousand runs for PNG. Charles Amini has become the third batsman to score a thousand runs for Papua New Guinea in T-20 International. He took 57 matches to score thousand runs. He now has 1006 runs. Before him, PNG’s top scorer Tony Ura had scored 1620 runs in 57 matches. Captain Asad Vala has scored 1265 runs in 60 matches.
2. Sissay Bau is the second batsman to score a fifty in the T-20 World Cup for PNG.
Sise Bau has become the second batsman to score a half-century for Papua New Guinea in the T20 World Cup. Cisse played an inning of 50 runs today. He hit 6 fours and 1 six in his innings. Before him, team captain Asad Wala had scored a fifty. He scored 56 runs against Oman in the 2021 World Cup.