West Indies and defending champions England faced each other in the second match of the Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup 2024 today at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia. In this great match, Jos Buttler and co. won the match by defeating the West Indies by eight wickets on their home ground. Down below, this article will cover: T20 World Cup 2024 Points Table Updated after WI vs ENG
WI vs ENG Match Review
West Indies vs England | Pic: X (England Cricket)
English captain Jos Buttler won the toss and invited the West Indies to bat first. Batting first, Caribbean team scored 180 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. Johnson Charles scored 38 runs for the team, wicketkeeper batsman Pooran scored 36 runs, and captain Rovman Powell scored 36 runs in 17 balls with the help of five sixes.
England easily achieved the target of 180 runs in 17.3 overs with the loss of only three wickets. Opener Philip Salt played an unbeaten innings of 87 runs in 47 balls with the help of seven fours and five sixes. In the middle order, Jonny Bairstow played an unbeaten innings of 48 runs in 26 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes, earning the team two important points in the Super-8 match.
Down below is the main content: Current Team Standings [Super 8] after West Indies vs England
Super 8 Points Table Group-2
All four teams in Group 2 of the Super 8 have played one match each, after which England is at the top of the points table with the first two points. South Africa is in second place in the points table after winning against the USA.
TEAMS
Match
Win
Loss
Tie
PT
NRR
ENGLAND
1
1
0
0
2
1.343
SOUTH AFRICA
1
1
0
0
2
0.900
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1
0
1
0
0
-0.900
WEST INDIES
1
0
1
0
0
-1.343
Super 8 Points Table Group-1
Group-1 consists of India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Australia. None of these teams have played a single match of the Super 8. Today, Asian teams India and Afghanistan will face each other at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
IND vs AFG: India are all set to commense their ride of SUPER Eights and will take on their Asian rivals Afghainstan on 20 June in the 43rd match of ICC T20 World Cup 2024. This will be the first outing of India in the SUPER 8s and first match outside USA. There will be change in weather, change in ground and pitch conditions and here we are with the IND vs AFG Weather Forecast, Barbados Rain Prediction, and Kensington Oval Pitch Report.
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India, along with Afghanistan, Australia, and Bangladesh make Group 1 of the T20 World Cup 2024. This IND vs AFG will be the first match of Group 1 and India are set to fight Bangladesh and Australia on 22nd and 24th of this month. The road for India is pretty clear in SUPER 8s: Win any two games with good margins and you are through!
With Team India, holding the rank 1 in the ICC T20 Team Rankings, should have and edge on field. They should get over Afghanistan and Bangladesh, and they should rule out Australia as well, as they are ranked above all. But, the twist is here!
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Australia is now known for upsetting India in high-stakes games. Bangladesh has frequently defeated India in the shortest format. Afghanistan has a reputation for being giant killers, having defeated New Zealand in the first round, a team renowned for consistently strong performances in ICC competitions.
Afghanistan boasts a keen understanding of the conditions, having played all their matches in the Caribbean. In contrast, India will make their debut in the West Indies tomorrow in the 2024 T20 event. Additionally, many of Afghanistan’s players have sharpened their skills in the IPL, gaining invaluable insights into India’s batting and bowling while mastering the pressure of T20 cricket.
However, India’s No. 1 ranking is well-deserved and a testament to their formidable prowess. They boast an all-round team ready to tackle any opponent under any conditions. Such is their depth that they can afford to leave out a batsman of Yashasvi Jaiswal’s caliber, who sits at No. 7 in the ICC rankings, led by the phenomenal Suryakumar Yadav. The Indian team is in top form and brimming with confidence, eager to kick off their Super 8s campaign on a high note.
Team India | Pic: X (BCCI)
The contest is going to be intresting and if the weather and playing conditions comes out to be supportive. Below are the IND vs AFG Weather Forecast, Barbados Rain Prediction, and Kensington Oval Pitch Report:
IND vs AFG Weather Forecast, Barbados (Weather.com)
It is just start of the summer season in the Carebbean Islands and the weather is mostly cloudy in this time of the year. Hence, Barbados is forecasted to have a slightly overcast day with temperatures just over 30°C throughout the day. The high humidity will result in sweltering heat that will test the players.
IND vs AFG Rain Prediction
Weather.com predicts an overcast and humid day for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 match between India and Afghanistan. There are quite low chances of rain in the Bridgetown city but there are high chances of stroms during the game time. Winds of over 28KMPH are expected to gust to East during the match hours.
Kensington Oval, Barbados Pitch Report
According to reports from the ground, there is uncertainty about how the brownish Barbados surface will perform. Traditionally, the Kensington Oval pitch in Barbados has favored pacers, but it is now anticipated to assist spinners. Suryakumar Yadav, the world’s top T20I batter, has noted that the Barbados pitch appears somewhat different this time. Since it’s a day game in local time, spinners might gain additional advantage. Groundsmen are working hard to create a flat, high-scoring surface.
IND vs AFG Dream11 Prediction: Rohit Sharma-spearheaded Team India is set to face Rashid Khan’s Afghanistan in match 43 of the T20 World Cup 2024. The Super 8 fixture between India and Afghanistan is set to be held on June 20th, 2024 at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.
IND vs AFG Match Preview
The real ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 begins today for Team India as they gear up to face Afghanistan in the Super 8 clash. Going by its reputation and stats, India remains to a prolific force that’s not easy to dominate. Ranked number 1 in the T20I rankings, it has proven its mettle over and over again for so many years.
However, the T20I competitions are meant to bring a sense of uncertainty over these stats and reputations. Often we see an upset in the T20I fixture where a big side faces domination of a low-ranked team.
Afghanistan are very well equipped to produce such upsets and disappointments. In fact, they produced one against New Zealand in the first round.
Once again the spin trio of Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed and Mohammad Nabi will be key for their plans to be executed against the heavy-weight Indian side in Kensington Oval. If they can manage to somehow restrict the Indian batters to a low score, then it will be a game where they can fancy themselves.
On the other hand, Team India are no rookies in adapting to the conditions. The team has the right balance of all sets of skillsets required to excel in a T20I fixture. The conditions in the USA demanded them to remain vigil while batting, it certainly obeyed that and now, in the Caribbean, if it demands to be a little flamboyant, it surely has the calibre to adapt to that as well.
India’s Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube will be particularly interested in facing the spinners in the Caribbean. The two batters fancy themselves against the spinners and both of them will be key for Team India’s plans in the tournament ahead.
Moreover, a step-up will also be required from Virat Kohli and Indian captain Rohit Sharma, who have predominantly remained quiet in the first round. Though Rohit has notched up a half-century, his run besides that innings has yielded pale results.
Let’s now take a look at the IND vs AFG Dream11 Prediction Super 8, India Playing11, Afghanistan Playing11, T20 World Cup 2024 India vs Afghanistan Fantasy Team, Kensington Oval Pitch Report.
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Noor Ahmed, Fazalhaq Farooqi
IND vs AFG Dream11 Prediction Super 8, India Playing11, Afghanistan Playing11, T20 World Cup 2024 India vs Afghanistan Fantasy Team, Kensington Oval Pitch Report 8
IND vs AFG Dream11 Captain & Vice-Captain Picks
Captain: Suryakumar Yadav
Vice-Captain: Jasprit Bumrah/ Rashid Khan
IND vs AFG Dream11 Prediction – Top Picks
Top Batters:
Ibrahim Zadran (AFG): Matches – 10, Runs – 327, Average – 40.88, Strike Rate – 122.47
Unlike the previous venues where Team India played, the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown Barbados may provide a little favourable outing for the batters. There will be some help for the batters as they hope to break their shackles. Bowling, once again, will be key for the teams, especially the spin attack. IND vs AFG being a day game, the question of dew is out and the toss would have no impact as well. Australia produced the only 200+ score in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 at this venue. So fans can expect a good high-scoring fixture between India and Afghanistan.
T20 World Cup 2024: South Africa, led by Aiden Markram defeated the Aaron Jones led United States of America by a margin of 18 runs in their first T20 World Cup 2024 Super eight match which was played at North Sound’s Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on 19th June.
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The South Africans successfully managed to defend a target of 195 runs as fast bowler Kagiso Rabada played a crucial role in his team’s win with figures of 3-18 in his four overs.
Chasing the target of 195 runs, the United States got off to a good start as opener Steven Taylor (24 runs) leading the assault with the bat against the pace bowling unit of the Proteas but Kagiso Rabada got the better of the Southpaw as he sent him back to the pavilion.
Following the dismissal of Taylor, the co-hosts kept on losing wickets at regular intervals with Corey Anderson (12 runs), captain Aaron Jones (0 runs), Nitish Kumar (8 runs) and Shayan Jahangir (3 runs) walking back to the dugout without scoring valuable runs.
It looked really difficult for the Americans to get back in the match but the duo of Harmeet Singh (38 runs) and Andries Gous (80 runs) stitched a 91 run stand for sixth wicket and brought their team back in the game. This partnership almost snatched the game away from the Proteas as in the final two overs, the Aaron Jones-led team needed just 28 runs to win the match.
But, Kagiso Rabada decided to take matters in his own hands and in the 19th over of the USA inning, he got the much needed breakthrough again as he removed Harmeet Singh on the first delivery which made the assault of the co-hosts come to an halt.
Following the dismissal of Harmeet, things got tougher for the Americans and they eventually lost the match by 18 runs. Andries Gous was the best batter of the match as he played an unbeaten knock of 80 runs in just 47 balls which included five sixes and five fours.
Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis dispossessed Afghanistan’s spin bowling all-rounder Mohammad Nabi as the number-one T20 international all-rounder in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) T20i rankings. Stoinis performed really well with both bat and ball in the group stage phase of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, as he picked up six wickets, scored 156 runs, and helped the Kangaroos qualify in an easy manner for the Super Eight phase of the tournament.
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While Stoinis has jumped by one spot to the number one position in the rankings, Mohammad Nabi has fallen by three spots to the fourth position, while Sri Lankan captain Wanindu Hasaranga and Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan have jumped to the second and third positions, respectively.
The bowlers of co-hosts West Indies are having a really good T20 World Cup 2024 campaign so far, and their efforts with the ball have been rewarded in the T20 International bowling rankings.
Left arm orthodox spinner Akeal Hosein has made a leap of six spots in the rankings and has moved to the second position, while England’s Adil Rashid continues to lead ICC’s T20 international bowling rankings.
Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph has moved from the 17th position to the 11th spot while his fellow teammate Gudakesh Motie has made a big jump of 16 places to the 13th position.
Talking about the T20 batting rankings, India’s star batsman Suryakumar Yadav continues to reign supreme at the top, and he is followed by the likes of Phil Salt, Pakistani captain Babar Azam, and Mohammad Rizwan in the second, third, and fourth places, respectively.
Aussie opener Travis Head has made a leap from the 10th position to the fifth position while Windies wicketkeeper batsman Nicholas Pooran has jumped from 19th to the 11th spot in the rankings. His teammate Sherfane Rutherford has also entered the top 50 in the batting rankings as he is now ranked 42nd.
IND vs AFG: Rohit Sharma-led Team India will lock horns against Rashid Khan-led Afghanistan in match number 43 of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. The Super 8 fixture between India and Afghanistan will be a part of Group 1 and will be held at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on June 20th, 2024. Below are the details of Team India’s Strongest Playing11 against Afghanistan.
IND vs AFG Preview
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The Men in Blue have been superb so far in the T20 World Cup 2024. The team under the eyes of Rohit Sharma has blown out three opponents while their last fixture got washed out. India remained atop the Group A points table with 7 points from 4 matches.
They defeated Ireland in their opening fixture and followed it by handing a humiliating defeat to Pakistan in a close contest. The USA became India’s third prey.
Though there wasn’t much to offer for the batters, the bowlers held their nerves to win matches for the team. It is expected to remain the same for the bowlers, who are likely to get decent assistance off the surface in the Caribbean as well, while the batters will have to toil hard to fetch runs.
On the other side, Afghanistan had a similar kind of run so far in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The only difference was their solitary loss which came in the last group stage fixture against West Indies.
Afghanistan got rid of Uganda, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea before succumbing against the hosts West Indies on June 17. Nevertheless, the Afghans would be pumped up to face Team India in the Super 8 fixture on June 20th. The fixture will begin at 8:00 PM IST/10:30 AM Local.
IND vs AFG: Team India’s Strongest Playing11 against Afghanistan
Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube | Pic: X (BCCI)
Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid would opt for a largely unchanged playing11 for the game against Afghanistan. As they say, “The winning combination shouldn’t be tempered unless there is a dire need for it.”
The playing11 will feature the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant in the top order. Suryakumar Yadav will be at number 4. The team is likely to keep four all-rounders – Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel.
As for the specialist bowing options, there can be a solitary change. Keeping in mind the slowness on the surface in Barbados, Team India may be tempted to bring in – Kuldeep Yadav or Yuzvendra Chahal.
Spin will play a key role and having someone like Kuldeep Yadav or Yuzvendra Chahal would add more fizz to the team’s bowling lineup. To bring in the spinner, Rohit Sharma will have to work out and bench either Mohammad Siraj or Arshdeep Singh.
The chances of Arshdeep Singh warming the benches are very low due to his brilliant show in the opening four matches, hence it will be Mohammad Siraj who will have to sit out.
Below is Team India’s Strongest Playing11 against Afghanistan:
Indian Women’s National Cricket Team Vice-Captain Smriti Mandhana brought up her seventh one-day cricket century during the second ODI of the three match series against South Africa on Wednesday. With this century, the 27-year-old equaled Mithali Raj’s record of scoring the most hundreds by an Indian in women’s ODI Cricket.
The Women in Blue entered the second match of the three-game series with a 1-0 lead, having won the first ODI by a big margin of 143 runs. Asked to bat first by South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt, Mandhana got off to a really slow start with the bat as she took more than 16 deliveries to score her first run of the match. But, after getting off the mark, she soon found the required momentum and played some really fascinating and fearless strokes out there in the middle which helped her to register back-to-back centuries in the three-match One Day International series between India women and South Africa women.
In the previous match of the series, the 27-year-old played an outstanding knock of 117 runs in 127 deliveries. In the second ODI, Mandhana brought up her century in 103 deliveries.
The Indian Vice Captain also became the first female Indian Cricketer to register two continuous hundreds in ODI Cricket and also became the first female Indian batter to score two tons in a One Day International series.
India cricket team is currently plying their trade in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. They have reached the Super 8 stage and are looking for one of the favourites to qualify for the semi-final and even win the final, which will be played on 29th July.
After the T20 World Cup 2024, the India team will be touring Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. It is also expected that a new head coach will be taking over the charge of the team. There are chances that Gautam Gambhir will be appointed as the new head coach of the team.
As per the reports in Times of India, it is learned that Gautam Gambhir has demanded to BCCI that India team should’ve specific teams for the three different formats going ahead with ICC events slated to take place in all three formats in the coming years.
It is also learned that captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will now be focusing on the ICC World Test Championship and the ICC Champions Trophy, which will be played next year. On the other hand, youngsters will be part of the T20I setup now.
With the Men in Blue slated to play ODIs in Sri Lanka, it is learned that India will be fielding full strength squad. But on the tour to Zimbabwe, IPL performers Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, and Yash Dayal will be given opportunities.
Shubman Gill might miss a few games because he has been nursing a finger injury. On the other hand, the reports also claimed that Mayank Yadav is likely to miss out and BCCI won’t be rushing him.
Team India updates for the upcoming tours
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Here are Team India updates for the upcoming tours
– Gill carrying finger niggle.
– Gambhir highlighted the BCCI that India should’ve format-specific teams.
– A full-strength team is likely to tour Sri Lanka.
– Abhishek Sharma, Parag and Dayal are likely for Zimbabwe.
The ICC T20 World Cup 2024 will now host the Super 8 stage. 8 out of 20 participating teams have made it to this round. There will be two groups of four teams each in the Super 8, and two teams from either group will qualify for the semifinal. Group 1 has India, Australia, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, while Group 2 has England, West Indies, South Africa, and United States. The first game will be played on June 19 between USA and South Africa.
As the competition has its top 8 teams, there has been a buzz around who will be the semi-finalists in this competition. Well, there are some top contenders, but nothing can be said as bigger teams have found it hard to get going. So, many former cricketers and cricket pundits are giving their opinions on who could be the four semi-finalists in the tournament. Amid that, the South African spinner Keshav Maharaj, who is part of the team and likely to be in action on Wednesday, comes up with his own prediction.
T20 World Cup 2024: Keshav Maharaj predicts four semi-finalists of the tournament
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South Africa have been on a roll and won four consecutive games to make it to the Super 8. They will be facing the co-host USA in the first game of the next round in Antigua. South Africa will be favourites heading into this game, but they can’t write off USA, who beat teams like Pakistan and Canada. Meanwhile, in one of the videos shared by IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals, Keshav Maharaj was seen naming four teams who could play in the semi-finals of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.
He picked South Africa, India, Australia, and West Indies. Maharaj said, “I wanna go with South Africa, I think we built on what we produced last year in 50 over World Cup. I think India is obviously one of the huge favourites in T20 World Cup 2024 from a balanced perspective; they are probably one of the better balanced teams. I will never write off Australia, so I’ll say they are one of the top candidates. And the fourth one, I’m gonna say West Indies.” Surprisingly, Maharaj didn’t name the defending champions, England.
Jos Buttler and co. have done a decent job when they needed to win the last two games by a big margin. They did it and qualified. They have momentum and are playing a good brand of cricket. Afghanistan can be a surprise, as they have beaten New Zealand, and the conditions in West Indies suit their team more. So, it will be interesting to see which team will qualify, but one thing is sure: the pitches in West Indies are better, and we see more interesting games here in the Super 8 of the T20 World Cup 2024.
Team India have made it to the Super 8 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 after finishing in Group A at the top. The Men in Blue won three games, and one match was washed out. Interestingly, all these wins came without much contribution from Virat Kohli, who has been a run machine for India. Virat opened the innings in three matches but didn’t get going at all.
He registered scores of 1, 4, and 0 in three innings. This is the first time that he has registered three consecutive single-digit scores in T20 World Cup history. With India facing Afghanistan on June 20 in the Super 8 stage, we might see Yashasvi Jaiswal coming to open with Rohit Sharma. But will it be the right move? Well, we will discuss here three solid reasons why Virat Kohli should open the innings in the Super 8 despite his recent failures.
Three reasons why Virat Kohli should open with Rohit Sharma in Super 8 of ICC T20 World Cup 2024
1. Experience Factor
The conditions in West Indies will be different, which will mainly be on the slower side. That’s where India need an experienced duo at the top. Virat Kohli has immense experience playing in the West Indies, while Jaiswal hasn’t played a white-ball tournament on Carribbean Island. So that’s where experience will come into play. You need an experienced guy at the top in such conditions on the big stage, and Virat is a proven customer.
2. Team Combination
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The biggest plus for India with Virat Kohli opening the inning is that India can pick Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, and Axar Patel in the team. These four all-rounders have certainly added to the different dimensions within the team. If Virat shifts to No. 3, then India might have to leave one of these out. And as a captain, you always want more options. Rishabh Pant has done a decent job at No. 3, and India now have a number of left-handers in the middle order, which is an additional benefit.
3. Virat Kohli’s Powerplay form
Virat Kohli is known for playing an anchor role; he takes the innings together, and other batters play freely around him. But as seen in the IPL 2024, he has applied the aggressive approach as an opener, and his intentions are very clear to go hard in the powerplay. This gives India the option to go hard all the way. But if Virat bats at no. 3, his role will be different, and he is not that kind of guy who goes hard from ball one after the powerplay. That’s why it’s important that he keeps opening the innings, collects as many runs as possible in the powerplay, and carries on the momentum through his innings.
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