West Indies’ poor start
The target to chase was only 154, which was puny compared to the 183 they chased down against England in the previous game. Eoin Morgan decided to use Root as Willey’s partner for the new ball—a move which stunned many.
However, with his first ball itself, he got the wicket of the very dangerous and consistent, Johnson Charles. Two balls, Chris Gayle was gone—and Root now did it with the ball. By the time the 15th ball of West Indies’ innings was bowled, they had lost 3 wickets and had only 11 runs to show for it.
It was uncharacteristic of the Caribbean team as glimpses of their game against Afghanistan could have been seen. However, the seemingly sinking ship was saved by…
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