West Indies vs South Africa
WI vs SA: The West Indies team has also won the second match of the T20 series being played between West Indies and South Africa. With the victory in this match, they have gained an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the three-match series. West Indies batsmen performed brilliantly in this match. Apart from this, Roston Chase showed a strong all-round game. Due to which his team was able to win this match. He has also been selected as the Player of the Match for his excellent performance. This match between the two teams was played at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. In this match, West Indies defeated South Africa by 16 runs.
how was the match
In the second T20 match, Brandon King won the toss and decided to bat first and his team batted brilliantly and put up a big score on the board. West Indies scored 207 runs in this match by losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. During this, team captain Brandon King played an innings of 36 runs in 22 balls. At the same time, the middle order also performed strongly in this match. After King’s wicket, Kyle Mayers and Chase came on the field and their partnership started troubling South African captain Rassie van der Dussen.
Mayers faced the South African bowlers and proved that King’s decision to bat first was right. He scored 32 runs off just 16 balls, including two fours and three sixes, but was dismissed while trying to push the ball over the deep square leg fence off leg spinner Nkabayomji Peter. Mayers’ wicket could not bother Chase much, as he carried his innings forward in a great way and helped the batsmen standing at the other end to hit big shots. During this, Romario Shepherd scored 26 runs off 13 balls and Andre Fletcher scored 29 runs off 18 balls. Chase remained unbeaten on 67 runs off 38 balls with the help of seven fours and two sixes and helped the host team to score a huge score of 207 runs.
South Africa failed in the run chase
South Africa scored 81 runs in five overs while chasing the target, but Quinton de Kock was dismissed by Akeel Hosein after scoring 41 runs off 17 balls. Hendricks was also dismissed two balls later and the pace of South Africa’s innings slowed down. Ryan Rickleton’s 19 runs, Matthew Breetzke’s 12 runs and Rassie’s 30 runs gave a good start, but they could not take full advantage of it. The visiting team scored 191 runs for the loss of seven wickets and their team fell 17 runs behind the target.
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