T20 World Cup: West Indies clip high-flying Afghans' wings, enter Super 8 with a thumping win in Saint Lucia – India TV
India TV NewsWest Indies wielded power as they flexed their muscles in the final group stage match in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup against Afghanistan on Monday, June 17 in Saint Lucia to enter Super 8 with a thumping 104-run win. After being put in to bat first, West Indies batters came out all guns blazing as Nicholas Pooran, Johnson Charles and Rovman Powell guided West Indies to a massive score of 218 runs, their highest in the T20 World Cup, which eventually was too much for Afghanistan to chase down. A 36-run over, the highest T20 World Cup powerplay score and numerous other records later, it was West Indies batters pounding the Afghanistan bowlers almost at will. Afghanistan will now be in action a couple of days later against the Indian team while the West Indies will take on England in their first Super 8 encounter at this very venue.