Glenn Phillips celebrates his half-century towards Canada. Picture: AFP
CHENNAI:
Canada opener Yuvraj Samra smashed a scintillating hundred however New Zealand prevailed by eight wickets in a Group D contest between the perimeters to e-book their place within the Tremendous Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup whereas additionally eliminating Afghanistan on Tuesday.
Glenn Phillips (76) and Rachin Ravindra (59) smashed unbeaten half-centuries as New Zealand chased down a goal of 174 with 4.5 overs to spare for his or her third win in 4 matches.
Group leaders South Africa had already superior to the Tremendous Eights after a hat-trick of wins.
“Rachin and I had been simply making an attempt to stay to our processes and take it one ball at a time,” stated Phillips, who smashed six sixes in his 36-ball blitz and was the participant of the match.
“They picked up a few early wickets, which put us on the again foot barely. From there, it was about staying calm and constructing a partnership. Fortunately, it ended up the best way it did.”
Earlier, Samra, named after India stalwart Yuvraj Singh, smashed 110 off 65 balls to energy Canada to a commanding 173-4 following their choice to bat first.
The 19-year-old lit up the MA Chidambaram Stadium along with his batting pyrotechnics, smacking 11 fours and 6 sixes in what’s the highest particular person rating within the ongoing event.
Samra mixed in a 116-run opening partnership along with his captain Dilpreet Bajwa (36) and the duo denied New Zealand any breakthrough within the first 13 overs.
Samra raced to a 36-ball fifty and by no means took his foot off the pedal even after dropping Bajwa.
Navneet Dhaliwal and Nicholas Kirton fell in fast succession however Samra seemed unfazed by the lack of companions and untroubled by the New Zealand assault.
The left-hander introduced up his 58-ball hundred with a 4 off Kyle Jamieson earlier than eradicating his helmet and soaking within the applause from the stands.
Samra’s nice knock got here to an finish within the last over of the innings when Phillips took his third catch of the match.
New Zealand had been rattled early of their chase, dropping each their openers – Tim Seifert and Finn Allen – however Phillips and Ravindra scored at a two-run-a-ball charge of their unbroken partnership of 146 to safe what turned out to be a straightforward win ultimately.
Daryl Mitchell led New Zealand within the match after common skipper Mitchell Santner was sidelined with sickness.
