Match Details
That's all from the 2nd T20I encounter between West Indies and South Africas.
For now, this is Pritam Dey
signing off on behalf of co-commentators Deepak
Prakash and Saptak Sanyal who, along with scorer/analysts Yogesh
Kumar brought all the actions of this clash. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world.
03:54 AM
IST and 17:24 PM Local Time | West Indies have won the 2nd
T20I game against South Africa by 16 runs and have won the series with a game
to play.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, West Indies started off well with the bat despite losing the wicket of Johnson Charles for 7 off 9 balls. The quickfire Innings of Brandon King (36 off 22) and Kyle Mayers (32 off 16) got them going in the Innings. Despite losing a couple of wickets, the Windies batters kept going with the run rate and looked for the odd boundary every over.
Roston Chase was rotating strike at the beginning of his Innings and had a late flourish to his Innings after reaching his half century. He also ended up being the highest run scorer in the Innings with an unbeaten 67 of 38 balls. The cameo at the end from Romario Shepherd helped the Windies cross the 200 mark and posted up a total of 207/7 in their 20 overs.
For South Africa, Nqaba Peter, Andille Phehlukwayo and Lungi Ngidi picked up two wickets each. The Proteas had to chase down a target of 208 in their 20 overs to level the series.
In reply, the Proteas got off to a blistering start with the bat all the bowlers were travelling across the ground inside the powerplay. The openers added up a 81 runs partnership in 5 overs. West Indies were desperate for the breakthrough and Akeal Hosein got rid off Quinton de Kock. The window opens for a comeback for the home side as both the openers are back into the pavilion in quick successions.
The new batters were
struggling to get going in the middle overs and the lack of boundaries was just
increasing the asking rate for South Africa. Some really smart bowling in the death
overs from the Windies taking pace of the ball made it extremely difficult for
Proteas to get the boundaries. The spinners were impressive once again with
Gudakesh Motie (3/22) being the pick of the bowlers for the home side.
So the West Indies have already won the T20I Series with a game to go against South Africa tomorrow.