Delhi: England defeated West Indies by 8 wickets in their second match of the Super-8 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 played in Saint Lucia on Thursday. The guests successfully chased the target of 181 runs thanks to the stormy innings of star wicketkeeper-batsmen, Phil Salt and Jonny Bairstow. Meanwhile, former India cricketer Vivek Razdan blamed West Indies captain Rovman Powell for the defeat. He believes that the captain made a big mistake by giving the 16th over of England's innings to Romario Shepherd. During this, Salt scored 30 runs off 6 balls against the fast bowler.

54-year-old Vivek Rajdan said on Star Sports, “Rovman Powell's wrong decision proved costly for his team. England batsmen were struggling against the spinners, and instead of giving the ball to Roston Chase or Gudakesh Moti, he chose Romario Shepherd. Salt was not doing well before that over, but he returned to his aggressive style and gave England the win.”

Apart from Razdan, former Indian team veteran opener Wasim Jaffer also reacted to Salt's catch being dropped by West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran.

46-year-old Wasim Jaffer said, “When Salt was on 8 runs, he could not play the shot and the ball went to Puran. However, he failed to catch it, which disappointed bowler Akil Hussain. I think this played a big role in West Indies' defeat.”

Stormy innings of Salt and Bairstow gave England a one-sided victory

For your information, let us tell you that Salt played an unbeaten innings of 87 runs with the help of 7 fours and 5 sixes in 47 balls. At the same time, Bairstow scored an unbeaten 48* runs with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes in 26 balls. Both the English batsmen added 97 runs in 44 balls and gave the Jos Buttler-led team victory in 17.3 overs. With this, West Indies' streak of 8 consecutive wins in T20I also came to an end.