T20 World Cup- Super-8’s sixth match West Indies vs USA: Both hosts will face each other for the first time in T20I, the losing team will be out of the race

The sixth match of Super-8 in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 will be played between the two hosts i.e. West Indies and USA on 22 June. Both the teams will face each other for the first time in a T20 International match.

The West Indies team has won the T20 World Cup title twice. Whereas America is playing the World Cup for the first time. However, the Windies will not take America lightly at all, because USA had upset a big team like Pakistan by defeating them in the group stage.

Now match details…
Super-8: West Indies Vs America
Date and Stadium: June 22, Kensington Oval, Barbados
Time: Toss- 5:30 AM, Match start- 6:00 AM

Importance of the match- In Group-2, West Indies and America lost their first matches, meaning both of them need to win their last two matches to reach the semi-finals. The team that wins today’s match will keep its hopes alive, while the team that loses will be out of the race.

Previous encounter
WI and USA once clashed in international cricket. It was a qualifier match of the ODI World Cup. In this match, West Indies defeated USA by 39 runs. Jason Holder scored 56 runs in the match and also took 1 wicket.

Jason Holder was named Player of the Match for this match.

Nicholas Pooran is the top scorer of T20 World Cup 2024, Saurabh Netravalkar is the top wicket taker of America

Player to Watch
West Indies

America

Roll of the toss- So far 30 T20 International matches have been played at Kensington Oval. In 19 matches the team batting first won and in 9 matches the team chasing won. The result of two matches could not be decided. The team winning the toss would prefer to bat first.

Weather report – 40% chance of rain
There is a 40 percent chance of rain in Barbados on June 22. The temperature here on this day will be between 32 to 27 degrees Celsius. There will be thunderstorms at different places in the morning.

Possible playing-11 of both the teams
West Indies: Rovman Powell(captain), Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Roston Chase, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzari Joseph and Gudakesh Moti.

USA: Aaron Jones (captain), Shayan Jahangir, Andreas Goss, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Steven Taylor, Nosthus Kenjige, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar.