Star players were missing… yet West Indies snatched the T20 series from South Africa, alarm bells for the Proteas team before WC

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

South Africa (SA vs WI) team, which came out to chase the target of 208 runs set by the Windies, got a great start from 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 their side, wicketkeeper de Kock scored the highest 41 runs in 17 balls while captain Rassie van der Dussen was out after scoring 30 runs. From the Windies side, spinner Gudakesh Moti took the maximum 3 wickets. Roston Chase, Akil Hussain and Romario Shepherd took one wicket each.

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Roston Chase played an innings of 67 runs
Earlier, West Indies’ Roston Chase remained unbeaten on 67, Kyle Mayers on 32 and Andre Fletcher on 29. Romario Shepherd scored 26 runs. Captain Brandon King was out after scoring 36 runs. For South Africa, fast bowlers Lungi Ngidi, Nkaba Peter and Andile Phehlukwayo took two wickets each while one wicket went to Bjorn Fontrum.

Alarm bells for South Africa
South Africa’s series loss before the T20 World Cup is a warning signal for them. The upcoming T20 World Cup is to be held in the Windies and America from June 2. It is not easy for any team to defeat a Caribbean team in its home. This Windies team is very strong in terms of T20. In the World Cup, it will also have strong batsmen like Russell, Pooran and Hetmyer.

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