Holder’s four-fer and a 91-run Hope/Hetmyer partnership set up a comfortable win for the West Indies
West Indies 134 for 1 (Hope 61*, Hetmyer 46*; Yadav 1-24) beat Nepal 133 for 8 (Airee 58, Kami 26*; Holder 4-27) by 9 wickets
The West Indies have secured qualification to the Super Eight stage of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup following a 9-wicket win over Nepal at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, on Sunday.
A 4-wicket haul from player of the match Jason Holder highlighted a clinical effort with the ball for the Caribbean side before a 91-run partnership between skipper Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer took the sting out of the Nepalese attack to secure their place in the next round with one group game still to play.
The West Indies had a dream start with the ball after electing to field. Akeal Hosein bowled Kushal Bhurtel for one in the first over, before Matthew Forde removed Rohit Paudel for 5 in a wicket-maiden 4th. Jason Holder then accounted for Aarif Sheikh (2), leaving Nepal reeling at 17 for 3 in the 5th.
By the 11th over, they had lost half their side and were restricted to 46 for 5. Top scorer Dipendra Singh Airee then anchored two 20-plus partnerships to stabilise the innings. First, a 23-run stand (25 balls) with Lokesh Bam, who made 13, followed by a 27-run 26-ball stay with Gulsan Jha (11).