Before the start of T20 World Cup 2026, all the teams are getting a chance to play warm-up matches to gauge their preparations. A warm-up match played on February 4 saw a major turnaround before the start of the tournament.
Which team beat?
The Afghanistan team played a warm-up match against two-time champions West Indies at the BCCI Center of Excellence in Bengaluru before the mega event. The match witnessed Afghanistan's complete dominance with both bat and ball, in which they gave a warning to all teams by handing West Indies a one-sided defeat.
In the warm-up match against West Indies, the Afghanistan team batted first and scored 182 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Ibrahim Zadran played a brilliant innings of 51 runs for Afghanistan, while Rahmanullah Gurbaj contributed 43 runs. On the other hand, only Gudakesh Moti and Roston Chase managed to take 1 wicket each from the West Indies team.
'West Indies' saved from embarrassing defeat
Chasing the target, the top order of the West Indies team was completely scattered. At one point West Indies lost 4 important wickets by the score of 38 runs. Then Matthew Ford tried to save the team from an embarrassing defeat by playing an unbeaten innings of 52 runs off 26 balls.
However, Windies could only manage 159 for 7 in 20 overs and suffered a 23-run defeat. Azmatullah Umarzai and Mujeeb ur Rahman took 2 wickets each in bowling for Afghanistan.
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