West Indies hammered Afghanistan in their final group game to head into the Super 8 stages of the 2024 T20 World Cup with momentum on their side. In what’s been a rare occurrence in this year’s World Cup, West Indies put on a show with the bat before dismantling Afghanistan with ease.
Here are the statistical highlights from the game:
92/1 by West Indies is the highest score in the Powerplay in T20 World Cup history, surpassing Netherlands’ 91/1 against Ireland during their brisk 190-run chase in Sylhet in 2014. Overall, it happens to be the fourth-highest powerplay total in the Men’s T20Is.
Highest Powerplay scores in Men’s T20Is
| Score | Team | Opponent | Venue, Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102/0 | South Africa | West Indies | Centurion, 2023 |
| 98/4 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | Coolidge, 2021 |
| 93/0 | Ireland | West Indies | St George’s, 2020 |
| 92/1 | West Indies | Afghanistan | Gros Islet, 2024 |
| 91/1 | West Indies | Bangladesh | Sylhet, 2018 |
| 91/0 | Australia | New Zealand | Auckland, 2018 |
| 91/1 | Netherlands | Ireland | Sylhet, 2014 |
36 runs came off the fourth over of the innings bowled by Azmatullah Omarzai, the joint-record and the fifth such instance in T20Is. It was the second 36-run over in T20 World Cup history after Yuvraj Singh’s six-sixes feat against Stuart Broad in Durban in 2007. Nicholas Pooran scored 26 off the 36 runs in the Omarzai over (two fours and three sixes), while the other 10 came via extras.
Most runs off an over in Men’s T20Is
| Runs | Overs analysis | Batter(s) involved | Bowler | Venue, Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 | Yuvraj Singh (IND) | Stuart Broad (ENG) | Durban, 2007 |
| 36 | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 | Kieron Pollard (WI) | Akila Dananjaya (SL) | Coolidge, 2021 |
| 36 | 4, 6+nb, 6, 1, 6, 6, 6 | Rohit Sharma & Rinku Singh (IND) | Karim Janat (AFG) | Bengaluru, 2024 |
| 36 | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 | Dipendra Singh Airee (NEP) | Kamran Khan (QAT) | Al Amerat, 2024 |
| 36 | 6, 4+nb, 5w, 4lb, 4, 6, 6 | Nicholas Pooran (WI) | Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG) | Gros Islet, 2024 |
502 sixes for Pooran in T20 cricket, making him the sixth player to hit 500 or more maximums in Men’s T20 cricket. Chris Gayle (1056) leads the overall list, followed by Kieron Pollard (860), Andre Russell (686), Colin Munro (548), and Rohit Sharma (514).
128 – Pooran smashed eight sixes during his 53-ball 98, taking his T20I sixes tally to 128, a record for the West Indies surpassing Gayle’s tally of 124. Only Rohit (194), Martin Guptill (173), Jos Buttler (130) and Glenn Maxwell (129) have hit more sixes in Men’s T20Is. Pooran also became the first West Indies batter to go past 2,000 runs in the format.
98 by Pooran is the highest individual score after the completion of Round 1 in the T20 World Cup 2024, surpassing Aaron Jones’ 94*(40) in USA’s seven-wicket win over Canada in the tournament opener in Dallas.
218/5 by West Indies is the highest team total in the ongoing tournament so far. The 200-run mark has been beached only on two other occasions: Australia racked up 201/7 against England at Bridgetown, Barbados, while Sri Lanka scored 201/6 against Netherlands at Gros Islet. 218/5 is also West Indies’ highest total in the T20 World Cup, bettering 205/6 against South Africa in the first ever T20 World Cup game in Johannesburg in 2007 and 205/4 against Australia in the 2012 semi-final at RPS, Colombo.
104 runs is the second biggest win-margin for West Indies in T20Is after their 134-run win against Uganda earlier this month. Each of West Indies’ five biggest wins in the format have come in the T20 World Cup. 104 runs is also the second biggest defeat margin for Afghanistan in T20Is; they had gone down by 116 runs against England at RPS, Colombo in the 2012 edition.
Biggest victory margins for WI in T20Is
134 runs vs Uganda, Guyana, 2024
104 runs vs Afghanistan, Gros Islet, 2024
84 runs vs Pakistan, Mirpur, 2014
74 runs vs Australia, Colombo RPS, 2012
73 runs vs Bangladesh, Mirpur, 2014
8 – West Indies have now registered eight consecutive wins in T20Is, their longest winning streak in the format, surpassing seven straight wins between October 2012 and March 2013, the first three of which had come during their T20 WC 2012 triumph. Before winning each of their four Round 1 matches in the ongoing tournament, they had clean swept South Africa in a three-match home T20I series last month, which was preceded by a 37-run win against Australia in Perth in February. Four matches is also their longest winning streak in T20 World Cups, bettering three each in their winning campaigns in 2012 and 2016 and during their run to the semifinals in 2014.
14 wins for Rovman Powell as a T20I captain, the second most for the West Indies after Daren Sammy’s 28. Of the seven players who have led West Indies in five or more matches in the format, Powell’s win-loss ratio of 2 (14 wins and 7 defeats) is the highest, followed by Sammy’s 1.647 (28 wins and 17 defeats).
