In the 26th match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, there was a clash between West Indies and New Zealand (WI vs NZ). Both the teams faced each other in Turuba. After winning the toss, captain Kane Williamson decided to bowl first, which proved to be wrong. Batting first, the Windies team set a target of 150 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. In response, the New Zealand team could score only 136 runs in 20 overs. With this, they lost the WI vs NZ match by 13 runs.

WI vs NZ: Sharfan Rutherford's bat wreaked havoc

• West Indies (WI vs NZ), who came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start at all.
  The team lost five wickets for a score of just 30 runs.
• Opener Brandon King returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs off 12 balls. Johnson Charles and Roston Chase failed to open their account.
• Nicholas Pooran contributed 17 runs. Captain Rovman Powell scored just one run. After the fall of these five wickets, Sharfan Rutherford took over the charge.

West Indies scored 149 runs

• Sharfane Rutherford scored a lot of runs by thrashing the bowlers. He scored an unbeaten innings of 68 runs in 39 balls.
  During this, Sharfane Rutherford hit two fours and six sixes.
• Akeel Hussain contributed 15 runs, Andre Russell contributed 14 runs and Romario Shepherd contributed 6 runs. With the help of Sharfan Rutherford's half-century innings, the West Indies team was able to put 149 runs at the loss of 9 wickets on the scoreboard.
• Trent Bolt took the maximum of three wickets for New Zealand (WI vs NZ). Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson got two wickets each. Mitchell Santner and Jimmy Neesham took one wicket each.

WI vs NZ: New Zealand lost the match by 13 runs

• The New Zealand (WI vs NZ) team that came to achieve the given target flopped in batting.
  Glenn Phillips was the highest run scorer for the team.
• He scored 40 runs in 33 balls. Apart from this, no other player could touch the 30-run mark. Dwayne Conway (5), Kane Williamson (1) and Trent Boult (7) were dismissed after playing short innings.
• Finn Allen contributed 26 runs, Daryl Mitchell 12 runs and Mitchell Santner 21 runs. Rachin Ravindra and Jimmy Neesham returned to the pavilion after scoring 10-10 runs. Royal Challengers Bangalore bowler Alzari Joseph, who flopped in IPL 2024, became a nightmare for the Kiwi team.
• He took four wickets for 19 runs in four overs.
  Gudakesh Moti took three wickets. Akil Hussain and Andre Russell took one wicket each.