New Delhi: The matches of the ICC T20 Men’s T20 World Cup Super 12 group stage began on Saturday. England began their T20 World Cup campaign by defeating two-time champions West Indies by six wickets in a thrilling low-scoring encounter at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the second match of Group 1 today.
England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bowl first as England bundled out West Indies for just 55 runs. Adil Rashid was the choice of the English bowlers as he took 4 wickets for the team conceding just 2 runs in 2.2 overs. Chasing such a small target, England started poorly, but on the basis of 24 not out from opener Jos Buttler, England chased down the target in the ninth over for the loss of four wickets.
Chris Gayle scored 13 runs for West Indies. Apart from him, none of the West Indies batsmen could score in the double figure.
England bowlers did the West Indies team by bowling brilliantly in today’s match. Apart from star performer Rashid, Tymal Mills and Moeen Ali took two wickets each. Chris Woakes and Chris Jordan got one wicket each. The England bowlers dominated throughout the match and the batsmen seemed to be struggling.
Chasing 56 runs to win, England did not have a good start and Jason Roy was dismissed for 11 runs. After this Jonny Bairstow came to bat, but he too could score only 9 runs. Then Moeen Ali came to bat and was run out for just 3 runs. Liam Livingstone could also score only 1 run. Jos Buttler scored 24 not out for England. Captain Eoin Morgan remained unbeaten on 7 runs. West Indies bowlers were also good with the ball as Akil Hossain took 2 wickets. Apart from him, one wicket was taken by Ravi Rampoli.
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