Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 15 (ANI): West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder delivered a match-winning efficiency by selecting up 4 wickets, conceding 27 runs towards Nepal within the group-stage match held on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
With the emphatic nine-wicket victory, West Indies grew to become the primary group to qualify for the Tremendous Eights, whereas Nepal had been formally eradicated from the match.
After receiving his Participant of the Match award through the post-match presentation, Holder make clear the sluggish nature of the pitch and highlighted the problem of hitting the ball by the road.
‘I assumed the ball did a bit bit extra. Most likely held on the floor a bit bit extra upfront. And it grew to become a bit bit harder to hit by the road of the ball. We had been capable of get some motion as nicely, which was key. And I assumed our bowlers bowled a extremely tight line to them as nicely upfront, which was very, very key when it comes to our execution,’ stated Holder, in accordance with Cricbuzz.
The pacer additionally praised his fellow bowlers, particularly Matthew Forde, for his good spell. When requested about his loss of life bowling, he talked about his efforts to be unpredictable and his follow of bowling yorkers.
Holder stated, ‘Credit score goes not solely to me, however to Matthew (Forde) as nicely. I assumed Matthew bowled an excellent spell upfront to set the tone for us. After which we had been capable of regulate from there.’
The Shai Hope-led Windies chased down a modest goal of 134 runs in simply 15.2 overs to safe a snug win over the Asian nation.
Brandon King (22 off 17 balls) and Hope (61 not out off 44 balls) added 43 runs for the primary wicket. After that, Shimron Hetmyer (46 not out off 32 balls) joined Hope and took the Windies previous the road comfortably.
Talking on his yorkers in loss of life overs, he stated, ‘It is one thing I have been practising now for a short while, . I feel for me, it is simply making an attempt to not be too predictable. I am additionally simply various the positions on the crease and simply making an attempt to execute a number of extra yorkers.’
Earlier, the West Indies opted to bowl after successful the toss and started with spinner Akeal Hosein.
Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh opened the innings for Nepal. It was a messy begin for Nepal as they misplaced Kushal Bhurtel on the rating of 1 to Hosein on the fifth ball of the very first over of the match.
The captain Rohit Paudel was despatched again to the pavilion for simply 5 runs within the fourth over, after getting hit on the pad for lbw by Matthew Forde. The Rhinos misplaced their third wicket within the powerplay to Jason Holder within the type of Aasif Sheikh (11), who hit a few boundaries at first.
Nepal crumbled to 22 runs for the lack of three essential wickets on the finish of the facility play. Following the powerplay, Aarif Skeikh was dismissed for 2 runs by in-form bowler Jason Holder.
Nepal was 46-5 within the eleventh over after Lokesh Bam’s dismissal on the tally of 13 runs by Shamar Joseph. A small partnership of 23 runs befell between Dipendra Singh Airee and Gulsan Jha for the sixth wicket earlier than Roston Chase cleaned up Gulsan at 11 runs.
Dipendra was the one optimistic from Nepal’s innings. He performed a serious position in essentially the most essential partnership of 54 runs for the seventh wicket with Sompal Kami. The partnership ended when Holder dismissed Dipendra for 58 runs off 47 balls. Nepal ended the innings at 133/8.
Transient Rating: Nepal 133/8 in 20 overs (Dipendra Singh Airee 58, Sompal Kami 26; Jason Holder 27/4) vs West Indies 134/1 in 15.2 overs (Shai Hope 61, Shimron Hetmyer 46; Nandan Yadav 24/1). (ANI)
