South Africa beat West Indies by 8 wickets in 18th match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021
The 18th match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021 was played yesterday between South Africa and West Indies at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, in which South Africa beat West Indies by 8 wickets.
South Africa won the toss and elect to bowl first, West Indies batted first started the inning very brilliantly, Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 73 for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 73 runs in 10.3 over, Evin Lewis dismissed after playing a brilliant quick half century inning of 56 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 35 balls, next batsman Nicholas Pooran came to bat, after few moments he also dismissed just for 12 runs in 7 balls as second wicket in 12.2 over, the team score was 87 runs, next batsman Chris Gayle came to bat, meanwhile Lendl Simmons also dismissed after scoring 16 runs in 35 balls as third wicket in 13.2 over, the team score was 89 runs, followed by Kieron Pollard came to bat and played well with Chris Gayle, the fourth wicket has gone for 121 runs in 17.1 over, Chris Gayle dismissed after scoring 12 runs in 12 balls, next batsman Andre Russell came to bat, after few moments he also dismissed just for 5 runs in 4 balls as fifth wicket in 18.2 over, the team score was 132 runs, followed by Shimron Hetmyer came to bat, and he dismissed very quickly just for 1 run as sixth wicket in 18.4 over, the team score was 133 runs, next batsman Dwayne Bravo came to bat, meanwhile the seventh wicket has also gone for 137 runs, Kieron Pollard dismissed after scoring 26 runs in 20 balls, next batsman Hayden Walsh came to bat and he also dismissed just 1 ball as eighth wicket in 19.3 over, next batsman Akeal Hosein came to bat, and he remains unbeaten without playing any ball with Dwayne Bravo, and Dwayne Bravo also remains unbeten for 8 runs in 5 balls. In this way, West Indies batted first after losing the toss scored 143 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 144 runs for South Africa.
South African bowlers performed very brilliantly, Dwaine Pretorius took 3 wickets just for 17 runs, Keshav Maharaj took 2 wickets just for 24 runs, Anrich Nortje got 1 wicket just for 14 runs, and Kagiso Rabada got 1 wicket.
South Africa chasing 144 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily by losing just 2 wickets in the second ball of the 19th over and won the match by 8 wickets. South Africa started the inning not very well, Temba Bavuma and Reeza Hendricks came to bat, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 4 runs in the first over, Temba Bavuma was dismissed just for 2 runs, next batsman Rassie van der Dussen came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 57 runs with Reeza Hendricks for the second wicket, the second wicket has gone for 61 runs in 9.2 over, Reeza Hendricks dismissed after plying a brilliant inning of 39 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 30 balls, followed by Aiden Markram came to bat, handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Rassie van der Dussen, Rassie van der Dussen played a brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 43 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in 51 balls, and Aiden Markram also played a brilliant unbeaten quick half-century and victory inning of 51 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 26 balls. In this way, South Africa chasing 144 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for losing just 2 wickets in 18.2 over and won the match very easily by 8 wickets.
West Indies bowler Akeal Hosein got 1 wicket.
South Africa bowler Anrich Nortje was selected as the best player of the match, he performed brilliantly got 1 wicket just for 14 runs in his spell.
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