Scotland upset West Indies.
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T20 World Cup 2022 has started in Australia. The world of cricket has witnessed several incidents in the first few days of this World Cup. The first was the historic victory of the African country Namibia against the South Asian country Sri Lanka. The second incident was the loss of T20 giants West Indies against Scotland.
Like the first match, the entire cricket world witnessed a new history in the second match as well. Scotland won the first T20 World Cup match this year by defeating the West Indies in Tests by 42 runs. Relatively weak teams winning against strong teams is encouraging.
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But as happy as this win is for Scotland, it is just as painful for West Indies. Every one of us knows how strong West Indies are in T20. They have been crowned world champions twice. West Indies is the winning team of the T20 World Cup held in Sri Lanka in 2012 and the T20 World Cup held in India in 2016. The Caribbean nation has always been the favorite T20 team in terms of strength and squad.
West Indies have power hitter batters like Andre Russell, Pollard, Sunil Narine, Holder, Andre Fletcher and many more. They can turn a match in any situation. They have already proved it many times. Therefore, in all aspects, the West Indies team was ahead in that match.
On the other hand, Scotland is not a well-known team in cricket. They are trying to improve day by day. In the previous World Cup, they beat another Test cricket-playing nation, Bangladesh. This time they beat West Indies. Cricket is a game of uncertainty in these matches. A strong team doesn't always mean that they will win! Those who perform well in the field will be the winning team at the end of the day!
In this match of West Indies vs Scotland, the West Indies cricket team decided to bowl after winning the toss. They won the toss and didn't start well in bowling. Scotland's batsmen collected 54 runs without losing any wickets in the power play. However, the West Indies all-rounder holder took the wicket in the next over of the power play. Then, despite taking wickets at regular intervals, Scotland got a fighting collection of 160 runs. Opener Munsey remains unbeaten on 66 runs from 53 balls.
In response, the West Indies batsmen did fairly well. Collected 53 runs after losing two wickets in Powerplay. Then the batting disaster started. Their innings stopped at 118 runs after losing one wicket after another. As a result, the West Indies cricket team faced a shameful loss of 42 runs. Such a loss is not at all desirable for a team like West Indies. Hope they win the next matches and qualify for the final round.
Finally congratulations to the Scotland team for their record win. May their future days be more colorful.