Star player missing… yet West Indies snatched T20 series from South Africa

New Delhi. West Indies won the series against South Africa by winning the second consecutive T20 match. The way the Caribbean team, captained by Brandon King, has performed against the Proteas is commendable. The Windies team has arrived on this tour of South Africa without its regular captain Rovman Powell and Andre Russell, Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran. Windies batsmen scored 207 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs due to excellent batting first. After this, its bowlers bowled brilliantly and restricted the host team to 191 runs. In this way, West Indies won the second T20 match by 16 runs.

The South African (SA vs WI) team, which came to chase the target of 208 runs set by the West Indies, got a great start by its openers. The opening pair of Reeza Hendricks and Quinton de Kock scored 81 runs for the first wicket in 5 overs. After this the South African team lost wickets at regular intervals. From his/her side, wicketkeeper De Kock scored the highest score of 41 runs in 17 balls while captain Rassie van der Dussen was out after scoring 30 runs. For the West Indies, spinner Gudakesh Moti took the maximum of 3 wickets. Roston Chase, Akil Hussain and Romaria Shepherd took one wicket each.

The team lost… but the captain played a record-breaking innings, Babar Azam overtook Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli’s great record in danger.

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Roston Chase played an inning of 67 runs
Earlier, West Indies were out after Roston Chase scored 67 not out, Kyle Mayers scored 32 and Andre Fletcher scored 29 runs. An inning of 26 runs came off the bat of Romario Shepherd. Captain Brandon King was out after scoring 36 runs. For South Africa, fast bowlers Lungi Ngidi, Nakaba Peter and Andile Phehlukwayo took two wickets each while one wicket went to Bjorn Fontrum.

Alarm bells for South Africa
South Africa losing the series before the T20 World Cup is an alarm bell for it. The upcoming T20 World Cup is to be held in West Indies and America from June 2. It is not easy for any team to defeat the Caribbean team at its home. This West Indies team is very strong in terms of T20. In the World Cup, he/she will also be joined by great batsmen like Russell, Pooran and Hetmyer.

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