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South Africa beat West Indies by 8 wickets to get their first win in T20 World Cup

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T20 WC 2021: In the T20 World Cup, South Africa defeated West Indies by 8 wickets to get their first win in the tournament. Batting first, West Indies had given a target of 144 runs, which South Africa achieved by losing 2 wickets in 18.2 overs. Aidan Markram played an important role in winning the team by playing an unbeaten 51 runs. This is West Indies’ second defeat and now the team’s journey ahead in the tournament has become very difficult. In the last match, West Indies had to face defeat at the hands of England. In this match also West Indies players performed disappointingly.

Such was the performance of West Indies
After losing the toss at the Dubai International Stadium, the West Indies team got off to a good start. The team scored 43 runs without losing a wicket in the powerplay. During this, Evin Lewis scored 56 runs with the help of three fours and six sixes. After this Lewis was dismissed by Keshav Maharaj. After Lewis’s dismissal, the pace of the West Indies’ runs stopped and the batsmen went out one after the other.

After this Nicholas Pooran (12), Chris Gayle (12) and Kieron Pollard (26) returned to the pavilion. West Indies team could score only 143 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Dwayne Pretorius took three wickets for South Africa. After this Keshav Maharaj took two wickets. Kagiso Rabada and Enrique Nortz got one wicket each.

Such was the performance of South Africa’s batsmen
Chasing the target, the South Africa team had a poor start and in the very first over, captain Temba Bavuma was run out. After this, Reeza Hendrix, who came to bat, scored 39 runs in 30 balls with the help of four fours and a six. Then he returned to the pavilion after getting out on a brilliant ball from Aqeel Hussain. During this, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram gave the team victory while batting tremendously. Markram scored 51 runs with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes. At the same time, Dusan scored 43 runs with the help of three fours.

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