As a result, the Men in Maroon will enter the Super 8 undefeated, while Afghanistan suffered their first loss.
WI, meanwhile, finished the game with a 218/5 thanks to a game-high 98 from Nicholas Pooran. In response, Afghanistan was folded for 114.
These are the most important statistics.
Pooran controls West Indies
Pooran showed up at number three after Brandon Lord’s initial takeoff.
He united with Johnson Charles (43) and the pair added 80 runs quickly.
Pooran additionally recorded imperative stands with Shai Trust (25) and Rovman Powell (26).
His endeavors fueled WI to the most noteworthy score of the continuous occasion (218/5). The dasher got run out in the last finished.
Afghanistan vacillate in the run pursue
Afghanistan were looking horrible so far as Rahmanullah Gurbaz withdrew for a duck.
While Ibrahim Zadran made a battling 38, an unexpected breakdown implied the group went from 45/1 to 63/5.
They couldn’t recuperate from there on and were ultimately packaged out for 114 in 16.2 overs.
Azmatullah Omarzai (23) was the main other Afghanistan player other than Ibrahim to score north of 20.
2,000 T20I runs for Pooran
Pooran scored a vocation best 98 off 53 balls as he hit six fours and eight sixes.
In transit, Pooran turned into the main West Indies player to finish 2,000 T20I runs (presently 2,011).
He midpoints 26.81 as his strike rate is 135.97.
Pooran’s count presently incorporates 12 fifties as the 98* against Afghanistan is currently his vocation best score.
500 T20 sixes for Pooran
Pooran additionally overwhelmed Chris Gayle (124) to turn into the WI hitter with the most T20I sixes.
The previous now has 128 maximums. The southpaw additionally turned into the 6th hitter to achieve 500 T20 sixes (502).
He joined Gayle (1,056), Kieron Pollard (860), Andre Russell (686), Colin Munro (548), and Rohit Sharma (514). Pooran hit the third-joint-most sixes in a T20 WC innings (8).
Most noteworthy powerplay complete in T20 WCs
The game saw WI record the most elevated powerplay absolute in T20 WCs (92/1).
They went past Ireland’s 91/1 against the Netherlands in the 2014 release.
By and large, this is the fourth-most elevated powerplay complete in T20I history and the second-most noteworthy for WI. In 2021, they posted 98/4 against Sri Lanka.