WI vs PNG | King-Chase power cruises West Indies to victory over Papua New Guinea at Guyana

06/02/2024

West Indies beat Papua New Guinea in the Group C encounter in Guyana by five wickets. Chasing 138 runs, the hosts suffered an early blow with Johnson Charles' wicket and the pressure continued as they lost wickets at regular intervals, but Roston Chase sealed the victory for West Indies in 19 overs.

‌Co-hosts West Indies began their T20 World Cup campaign clashing against Papua New Guinea at Guyana's Providence Stadium. Caribbean skipper Rovman Powell won the toss and opted to bowl first. The PNG openers had a poor start, with Tony Ura departing in the second over and Lega Siaka falling in the third. PNG skipper Assad Vala attempted to shift the momentum, scoring 21 runs off 22 deliveries, but he was dismissed in the sixth over. Sese Bau looked in good form, scoring a fifty off 42 balls and taking the score to 94/5 in 15 overs. Unfortunately, Bau couldn't extend his innings much further and was dismissed in the 17th over. With a quick succession of wickets in the death overs, PNG finished their innings at 136/8 in 20 overs.

The two-time champions had a poor start with Johnson Charles scoring a golden duck and departing in the second over. However, rain interrupted play for 15 minutes as play resumed with Nicholas Pooran and Brandon King taking the scorecard to 27/1 at the end of four overs. Pooran switched gears thereafter smacking two maximums a four cruising the scorecard to 52/1 at the end of the powerplay. Unfortunately, Pooran fell short of a big score and departed in the ninth over scoring 27 runs. Things became a little tense for West Indies as they lost the wickets of King and Rovman Powell with the scorecard at 94/4 in 15 overs. With Roston Chase and Sherfane Rutherford on the crease, the West Indies required 43 runs off the last five overs. The worry continued for them when they lost Rutherford in the 16th over. However, Andre Russell and Chase sealed for West Indies and won the game by five wickets.

It was so close!

Viewers now will get to know how many dot balls the batter played.

- A great addition by the ICC! pic.twitter.com/INUf5z481U
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 2, 2024

Brilliant fight in the end!

WI won by 5 wkts, but credit goes to PNG for putting great fight back..#WIvPNG pic.twitter.com/E99AbO86b6
— Aaliya 👰 (@queenaaliya123) June 2, 2024

Great win for WI also goof fight!

First day second match WI won by 5 wickets in Papua New Guinea VS West Indies, Papua New Guinea give tough time to West Indies in T20WC2024 what is going to happen next in this T20worldcup. pic.twitter.com/SN1SZLbO8y
— Ankit Kumar Mishra (@Ankitmishra2793) June 2, 2024

What a game!

WI won
— Areej 🌚🌝 (@NadeediAreej) June 2, 2024

So close yet so far!

Roston Chase said "PNG are playing in this World Cup because they deserve to be here. We played against them as if we were playing against India or Australia" ❤️ ❤️#T20Worldcup2024 #WIvsPNG #PapuaNewGuinea #BabarAzam #WestIndies #Rs2 pic.twitter.com/QQTc3z87oP
— Zafar Iqbal (@zafarlakarmar) June 2, 2024

Good win for them!

Congratulations WI well played Roston Chase and also a great effort by PNG 👏🎉#T20WorldCup24 #BabarAzam #WIvsPNG pic.twitter.com/rBisUiDyXn
— Alishba Ch (@Alishba76006564) June 2, 2024

What a fight btw!

WI isn't a big a team to beat. Almost lost to PNG today.

Afg will obv do better.
— Harsh (@imharshn) June 2, 2024

Ohh!

Even though PNG lost today. Them and the US Canada game just proves BCCI’s over the ICC political power ruined the world cups for 15 years+. So happy they amended their mistake
— Armaan Tandon (@tandon_armaan) June 2, 2024

Yeah!

PNG tried the best but lost the match

West Indies won by 5 wkts#T20WorldCup2024 #T20WorldCup #IPL2024 #LPL2024 #USAvsCAN #WIvsPNG
— T20 World Cup 2024 (@mdshiipu) June 2, 2024

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