Each day at the T20 World Cup brings more excitement and heightened competition. June 15 was especially thrilling with three gripping matches. Though Indian fans were disappointed by the cancellation of India’s game against Canada, but other three games were exciting as well for the spectators. Despite this setback, the day’s action intensified the race for most wickets, keeping fans on the edge of their seats and making the tournament even more captivating.
The Bowling Performance of South Africa and Nepal:
Nepal did great against South Africa while bowling first. Despite South Africa putting up runs on board, Nepal gave a tough fight to the team and restricted them to 115 runs. Kushal Bhurtel picked up 4 wickets and Dipendra Singh picked up 3 wickets.
While defending the total, South Africa did well but Nepal took the game till the end. Unfortunately, Nepal lost the match by a narrow margin of 1 run which broke every fan’s heart. Tabraiz Shamsi picked up 4 important wickets. Anrich Nortje and skipper Aiden Markram picked up 1 wicket each.
Brief Score: South Africa: 115/7 in 20 overs (Reeza Hendricks 43 (49), Tabraiz Shamsi 4/19)
Nepal: 114/7 in 20 overs (Aasif Sheikh (wk) 42 (49), Kushal Bhurtel 4/19)
The Bowling Performance of New Zealand and Uganda:
Finally, New Zealand got their maiden win in this tournament in a dominating way against Uganda. While bowling first, they rattled Uganda’s batting lineup and didn’t give them a chance to fight back in the game. Tim Southee picked up 3 wickets. Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, and Rachin Ravindra picked up 2 wickets each.
While defending to the lowest total, Uganda tried well, didn’t do much, and took only one wicket. Riazat Ali Shah picked up 1 wicket by giving away 10 runs.
Brief Score: New Zealand: ( Devon Conway (wk) 22*(15), Tim Southee 3/4)
Uganda: 40/10 in 18.4 overs (K Waiswa 11 (18), Riazat Ali Shah 1/10)
The Bowling Performance of England and Namibia:
While bowling first, Namibia started well and got early wickets. But England also played really well and put 122 runs in their respective 10-over match. From Namibia’s side, Rubel Trumpelmann got 2 wickets. David Wiese and Bernard Scholtz picked up 1 wicket each.
When came to defending the total, England conceded runs at first but later started taking wickets and restricted Namibia to 84 runs, getting that 2 valuable points. Jofra Archer and Chris Jordan took 1 wicket each.
Brief Score: England: 122/5 in 10 overs (Harry Brook 47* (20), Jofra Archer 1/15)
Namibia: 84/3 in 10 overs ( Michael van Lingen 33 (29), Rubel Trumpelmann 2/31)
Table of Most Wickets in T20 World Cup 2024:
| Player’s Name | Team | Match | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy Rate |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | AFG | 3 | 12 | 5/9 | 3.50 | 3.71 |
| Anrich Nortje | SA | 4 | 9 | 4/7 | 7.78 | 4.38 |
| Adam Zampa | AUS | 4 | 9 | 4/12 | 10.44 | 5.88 |
| Alzarri Joseph | WI | 3 | 8 | 4/19 | 7.38 | 5.36 |
| Akeal Hosein | WI | 3 | 7 | 5/11 | 5.86 | 3.73 |
| Trent Boult | NZ | 3 | 7 | 3/16 | 6.43 | 3.75 |
| Hardik Pandya | IND | 3 | 7 | 3/27 | 9.29 | 5.42 |
| Arshdeep Singh | IND | 3 | 7 | 4/9 | 10.71 | 6.25 |
| Rishad Hossain | BAN | 3 | 7 | 3/22 | 12.43 | 7.25 |
| Ruben Trumpelmann | NAM | 4 | 7 | 4/21 | 15.29 | 8.92 |
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