T20 World Cup: New Zealand almost out of the Super-8 race after losing to West Indies

The West Indies team has defeated New Zealand by 13 runs in the 26th match of the T20 World Cup 2024. Batting first, West Indies scored 149 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. Sherfane Rutherford played a brilliant innings of 68 not out in 39 balls. In reply, the New Zealand team could only score 136 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs. With this win, the Rovman Powell-led team has reached the Super-8.
Group C situation
At the same time, the New Zealand team is almost out of the Super-8 race. It has to face Uganda on June 14 and Papua New Guinea on June 17. Victory in both these matches will not be enough for the Kiwi team. In fact, West Indies have six points with three wins in three matches. At the same time, Afghanistan has won two out of two so far. It has four points. Afghanistan will face Papua New Guinea on June 14. Afghanistan’s team will qualify if they win this match or if the match is washed out due to rain.