West Indies vs South Africa, T20, 1st T20I, June 26, 2021 - Match Info

🏆Match Completed

WIvsRSA

🏟️ National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada•🏏 T20 Match•🏅 South Africa tour of West Indies, 2021•📅 Date & Time : Jun 26, 06:00 PM (IST)

West Indies won by 8 wickets

★ Player of the Match: Lewis

Commentary

Over 14

09:38 PM

Ngidi to Russell, SIX, game over! Fittingly, it ends with a maximum. In-angling length ball and Russell wallops it into the deep mid-wicket stands with a mighty heave. West Indies win by 8 wickets and go 1-0 up in the 5-match series

over-break,SIX

09:37 PM

Ngidi to Russell, no run, swings his bat hard does Russell and connects with thin air. Quick off-cutter from a short of length, Russell shapes up to heave it into the leg-side and gets beaten on the inside edge

09:36 PM

Ngidi to Gayle, 1 run, slow again, short again, Gayle reads it late and half-pulls it to square leg

09:36 PM

Ngidi to Russell, 1 run, 117kph, slower ball bumper, pulled to deep mid-wicket

09:34 PM

Ngidi to Russell, SIX, Russell won't spare you! Full toss and on the pads, easy pickings for Russell who flicks it aerially into the deep mid-wicket stands. A proper hit-me ball from Ngidi

SIX

09:33 PM

Ngidi to Gayle, 1 run, 135kph, full toss on the pads, Gayle helps it on its way to long leg

Over 13

09:32 PM

Linde to Russell, FOUR, 84kph, in-angler, Russell uses the angle to flog it over mid-wicket for a one-bounce four. Found the gap between deep mid-wicket and deep square leg perfectly. 16 runs off the over

over-break,FOUR

09:32 PM

Linde to Russell, no run, 91kph, flat ball around off, punched straight to extra cover

09:31 PM

Linde to Gayle, 1 run, short of length and Linde gets away with it as Gayle miscues the pull to deep mid-wicket

09:30 PM

Linde to Gayle, no run, yorker length, jammed into the on-side

09:30 PM

Linde to Gayle, FOUR, that was hammered! Linde misses the yorker by a fraction and that's enough for the big man. Shuffled a tad and thumps it over the bowler's head. Thankfully, the bowler didn't get his hands/fingertips to it

FOUR

09:30 PM

Linde to Gayle, wide, 96kph, darted wide outside off, too wide and Gayle shoulders arms

Key Moments

09:56 PM

That was one helluva statement from the World Champions who had the services of Gayle, Pollard, Russell and Bravo for the first time in over six years in the same West Indies XI. They were blanked in the Test series, but they are a formidable unit in this format. Bavuma and Co. had absolutely no clue against these intimidating WI batsmen. The Proteas have around 20 hours to recover from this thrashing. Don't forget to tune in for the second T20I. For now, it's goodbye and good night from Abhinand Raghavendran, Akshay Maanay, Pradeep Krishnamurthy and Mukesh.

09:36 PM

West Indies are one hit away from the win...

09:32 PM

Just 15 runs needed. Should be over in an over or two...