Kane Williamson on New Zealand Defeat : New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has given a big reaction to the defeat against West Indies in the 26th match of T20 World Cup 2024. He has said that Sherfane Rutherford's brilliant innings in this match made all the difference. According to Williamson, the Kiwi team cannot make excuses for the conditions and they have a match in the next two days, in which a strong comeback will have to be made.

In the match played in Trinidad, host West Indies defeated New Zealand by 13 runs. With this defeat, the Kiwi team's hopes of reaching the Super-8 have faded. They will now have to depend on the wins and losses of other teams. Batting first, West Indies scored 149 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and in reply, New Zealand could score only 136 runs.

The Kiwi team's batting was also very poor while chasing the target and no batsman could play a long innings. Glenn Phillips scored the highest 40 runs for the team but he did not get support from the other batsmen and due to this the team had to face defeat.

“We cannot make excuses for the conditions”

During the post-match conversation, Kane Williamson reacted to his team's defeat. He said, Sherfane Rutherford's tremendous innings made all the difference in the match. He batted very well for his team and it was disappointing for us. They benefited from the depth in West Indies' batting. We cannot make excuses for the conditions here. We have to keep improving. We have to play the match in two days and have to make a strong comeback.

Let us tell you that the Caribbean team would have been restricted to a very low score if Sherfane Rutherford had not played a stormy innings in the lower order. Rutherford scored an unbeaten 68 runs with the help of 2 fours and 6 sixes in 39 balls. Due to this, the Caribbean team was successful in scoring 149 runs for 9 wickets.