WI vs AFG: West Indies created history, made the highest score in the powerplay, set a flurry of records
In the 40th match of T20 World Cup 2024, West Indies and Afghanistan (WI vs AFG) clashed. In such a situation, West Indies created history in this match held yesterday. The team registered the record of making the highest score of the powerplay in its name thanks to Nicholas Pooran and Johnson Charles. The team managed to break the 10-year-old Netherlands record.
West Indies team created history
In the T20 World Cup 2024 match between West Indies and Afghanistan, the West Indies team, who came out to bat first, did not have a good start. The team lost its first wicket in the second over itself. Brendan King was dismissed after scoring seven runs. After which Johnson Charles and Nicholas Pooran took over the innings. There was a partnership of 80 runs between the two.
Thanks to this partnership, the team set the highest score in the powerplay. The team added 92 runs in the powerplay. This is the highest powerplay score in the history of T20 World Cup. Let us tell you that in the year 2014, the Netherlands scored 91 runs after losing one wicket in the powerplay. In such a situation, West Indies has broken Ireland’s 10-year-old record.
Highest powerplay score in T20 World Cup history
Team name Opponent team Score Year
- West Indies Afghanistan 92 2024
- Netherlands Ireland 91 2014
- England South Africa 89 2016
- South Africa England 83 2016
- India Scotland 82 2021
T20I’s highest powerplay score
Let us tell you that West Indies’ powerplay score is the fourth highest score in the history of T20 international cricket. South Africa’s team is at the top of this list. Which scored 102 runs in the powerplay against West Indies in the year 2023.
Highest powerplay score in T20 International cricket
Score Team Opposition Team Year
- 102/0 South Africa West Indies 2023
- 98/4 West Indies Sri Lanka 2021
- 93/0 Ireland West Indies 2020
- 92/1 West Indies Afghanistan 2024
Highest total of T20 World Cup
In this match, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. In such a situation, the Windies batted brilliantly and scored 218 runs in 20 overs for five wickets. Let us tell you that this is the highest score of the current tournament.
Apart from this, this is the second highest total of the Windies team against Afghanistan in T20 International cricket. In the year 2013, Ireland scored 225/7 runs against Afghanistan. So this is the fourth highest score of T20 World Cup.
Highest total in the history of T20 World Cup
- Score Team Opposition Team Year
- 260/6 Sri Lanka Kenya 2007
- 230/8 England South Africa 2016
- 229/4 South Africa England 2016
- 218/4 India England 2007
- 218/5 West Indies Afghanistan 2024
What happened in WI vs AFG match?
In this match, West Indies played an innings of 218 runs after losing five wickets. In response, Afghanistan could score only 114 runs. The team was all out in 16.2 overs. In such a situation, the Windies team won this match by 104 runs.
