The victory meant West Indies a place in the semifinals secured,
They had come to see the
fireworks from AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle. Together, two of the men who
perhaps could put at 300 in a party of 20 on if things went their way, faced a
total of 14 balls 14 runs at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur. However, Good Friday
(March 25) still took a lot filled almost to capacity - certainly the largest
number of spectators for a match of non-India in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 -
the value of their money with a low-scoring thriller.
Put into bat, the men of Faf du
Plessis could not get too tight to put on 122 for 8, it is not able to get
bowlers of the West Indies astute away in a tone that had the ball stop and
will not turn to bat. Then it became deep batting lineup despite this, the West
Indies to fight for every race, and it came down to two young boys face to face
in the final nine races with more than necessary. Carlos Brathwaite the first
ball of Kagiso Rabada lost, but next length delivery was crushed to mid-built
pedestrian stands and West Indies pressed home by three wickets in 19.4 overs.
The victory meant West Indies aplace in the semifinals secured, and only needed to beat Afghanistan in their
next match on Sunday to advance undefeated. For South Africa, his destiny is no
longer in their hands, and they need a number of things to go his way to reach
the final four.
Before the tournament, both
fields have been identified this game, the key to including one in Group 1, and
it did live up to expectations as a contest, both teams pushing each other to
their limits.
South Africa would have been left
ruing the screen batting under par. Your tickets was one that sought to fourth
gear very often, but could never get out of the second, like a car that travels
constantly uphill and is not able to floor the accelerator. That was partly due
to poor decision making, but also due largely to the West Indies to find the
right rhythm in a variety pitch that provided purchase for bowlers.
Hashim Amla was expelled from the
third match point, hesitation to call and run a worthwhile giving West Indies
wicket. Quinton de Kock had slapped Samuel Badree about, but a good diving save
and quick release of Andre Russell understands Amla was caught little less.
Before South Africa could regain its collective breath, they were 20 for 3 at
three scales. Du Plessis hit Russell Suleiman Benn, who started the ground
inches catches half out. Gayle, delivered the ball for the first time in the
tournament, got Rilee Rossouw - one of the two inclusions of South Africa in
the team alongside Aaron Phangiso with JP Duminy injured and Kyle Abbott left
out - in her first time.
Gayle's goal heralded the entry
of Villiers, and as has happened in every field of cricket in India, the South
African champion was given a rapturous reception. The first ball he faced
speeding up the straight border, but the show ended there Villiers. A hush
descended on the floor in the fourth ball of the seventh over, Dwayne Bravo
taking one of the many varieties of slower deliveries have. De Villiers whip
barely touched the ball, which went on to hit the wood. That struck at the
heart of the dreams of a better than average South African total since de
Villiers was the man who could have offset the slow surface with skill and
momentum given inputs.
After falling, he had been
reduced to de Kock to run the show, and did as well as he could. best stage of
South Africa was a stand of 50 runs for the sixth wicket in 44 balls between de
Kock and David Wiese, both men hustling one and two, while picking out the rare
limits. But de Kock (47 of 46) fell to a misguided attempt to paddle Russell on
thin leg lose leg stump in the 16th over, and what they expect the South
Africans entertained a final-off push over there.
All three of Gayle, Bravo Russell
and ended with two wickets each, and the three had made major strikes, too,
either with dangerous hitters off or hit just as South Africa wanted to
accelerate.
Pursuing a career just over a
ball, West Indies would always be favorites, even on a track that does not help
the type of strokeplay which are famous for. South Africa rolled well in
patches and ranked as tigerishly as the West Indians had, but all that was
needed was for them to keep their heads in the chase.
Early Rabada South Africa had
given hope by sending stumps Gayle for a walk in the first time, but despite
Gayle's contribution in the party was greater with bat ball, not significantly
impede persecution. South Africa needed windows - and regularly - to have a
hope of defending the goal, and they could not break well in advance.
West Indies had partnerships of
29, 32 and 21 for the second, third and fourth grounds in about a run a ball -
not earthshaking, but crucial, when a low target was being pursued not to allow
side bowling to reap the momentum of a flurry of wickets.
Imran Tahir, who might have been
expected to make key strikes, started by a strange path faster and flatter
bowling, but in his last over, I had Russell and Darren Sammy consecutive balls
to bring the contest back to life . West Indies went from 24 off 24 balls with
six wickets in hand needing 23 from the last three loans with four wickets remaining.
Tahir finished with 2-13, with the best figures of all South African bowlers
getting among the wickets.
Marlon Samuels, who had held the
chase together with 43 of 44, then fell in the penultimate Chris Morris, to
make even more intrigue. It had been a fine Samuels tickets until then, it was
not always fluid, but endured - even benefit from a fallen through Tahir we
could have had three wickets in an envelope capture.
But Brathwaite proved equal to
the task after Samuels fell, and sealed for West Indies.
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