The West Indies suffers 23 run loss to Afghanistan in warm up match before World Cup

The West Indies cricketers suffered a 23 run loss to Afghanistan today in their lone warm up match  ahead of  their opening game on Saturday at  the  ICC  Men’s  T20  World  Cup  in  India.

Despite a quickfire half century from Matthew Forde the West Indies  folded  for 159 chasing 183 for  victory.

Forde  hit  4  fours  and  4  sixes on  his  way  to  52  not  out   while  putting  on  77  in  an  unbroken  8th  wicket  partnership  with  Jason  Holder  who  hit  25  not  out,  but  the  Windies  was  restricted  to  159 for 7.

The  West Indies never recovered from a top order collapse which saw them reduced to  54  for  5,  before  holder  and  forde  tried  to  rescue  the  innings  at  82  for  7

Jamaicans Rovman Powell 32 and Brandon King 11 were the only other batters to get to double figures.

Earlier, Afghanistan  asked  to  bat  first  posted  182 for  6, Ibrahim Zadran who retired hurt on 51  getting most  runs

Rahmanullah Gurbaz 43  from 28  balls, Azmatullah Omarzai who retired out on 35 and Darwish rasooli  who  retired  out  as  well  on  27  were  the  other  main  contributors  with  the  bat  for  Afghamistan Gudakesh  Motie  and  Roston Chase took a wicket each bowling for the West Indies.

The  West  Indies  team  will  journey  to  Kolkata on Thursday for the opening match against Scotland at Eden Gardens on Saturday.

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