West Indies vs Ireland T-20 World Cup: West Indies exit
Hobart: Ireland has caused the biggest disaster in the current T-20 World Cup. The two-time World Cup winner West Indies has been kicked out of the World Cup by this team. In a match in Hobart today, the West Indies team failed to go to the Super-12 stage after losing to Ireland by 9 wickets. As a result, the team’s World Cup campaign has failed right from the start.
In this match, West Indies team won the toss and decided to bat first. The team batted first and scored 146 runs in 20 overs, losing 5 wickets. Brandon King scored 62 runs on behalf of the team, while J Charles scored 24 runs.
Ireland chased down the target of 150 runs in 17.3 overs losing only one wicket. Paul Stirling scored 66 runs on behalf of the team, while Andrew Balbirnie (c) scored 37 runs and Lorcan Tucker (wk) scored 45 runs.
Super-12 matches will start from next Saturday i.e. October 22 in this World Cup. India will meet Pakistan in their first match on Sunday.
West Indies won the T20 World Cup in 2012 and 2016.