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WI vs NEP Player of the Match Jason Holder: Jason Holder was chosen Player of the Match for his excellent bowling against Nepal. Holder took 4 wickets with his stormy bowling. He took 4 wickets for just 27 runs in four overs.
Jason Holder became the player of the match.
New Delhi. After the brilliant performance of the bowlers led by all-rounder Jason Holder, on the basis of excellent play by the top order batsmen, West Indies confirmed their place in the Super Eight by defeating Nepal by 9 wickets with 28 balls remaining in the Group C match of the T20 World Cup. For Nepal, Deependra Singh Airi played a brilliant inning of 58 runs in 47 balls, due to which his team was successful in scoring 133 runs for eight wickets after being invited to bat first. Airi hit three fours and as many sixes in his innings. Apart from him, Sompal Kami contributed unbeaten 26 runs with the help of four fours in 15 balls. This is West Indies’ third consecutive win, strengthening their position at the top of Group C with six points. They are the first team to reach the Super Eight. England is at second place in this group with four points. This is Nepal’s third consecutive defeat and it is out of the race for Super Eight. Jason Holder was chosen player of the match for his excellent bowling.
Why was Holder chosen POTM?
Jason Holder created a stir in the match with the ball. He once again proved why he is ultimately West Indies’ biggest match winner. With his medium pace bowling, he took 4 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs. Holder bowled with an economy of 6.80. On one hand, while his team’s fast bowlers kept giving away runs, on the other hand, Holder took advantage of his experience and bowled brilliantly.
Jason Holder became the player of the match.
‘I try to change my bowling angles’
Jason Holder said that he wants the batsmen not to be able to guess his bowling and along with this, he is also focusing on bowling more yorkers, due to which he is getting success in the T20 World Cup. Holder has taken seven wickets in three matches in this tournament. He took four wickets against Nepal on Sunday, due to which West Indies won the match easily by nine wickets. Holder, who became the best player of the match, said, ‘I try to change the angles of my bowling. Due to this, the batsmen are not able to understand my bowling much. I also keep changing my position on the crease and try to bowl some more yorkers.
Holder laid the foundation of West Indies’ victory
The foundation of West Indies’ victory was laid by its bowlers. Holder was the most successful bowler from his side. He took four wickets for 27 runs in his four overs. Matthew Ford bowled economically and took one wicket for 10 runs in four overs. Holder was adjudged the best player of the match. West Indies adopted an aggressive attitude in batting from the very beginning. Brandon King (22 off 17 balls) hit a four on the first ball of KC Curran’s innings. He hit three fours in the fifth over of Sompal’s innings but was caught at mid-on in the next over of Nandan Yadav. West Indies scored 44 runs for one wicket in the powerplay.
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