Nicholas Pooran hit a total of 7 sixes in the first T20 match against South Africa.
WI vs SA First T20I: After the end of the 2-match Test series between West Indies and South Africa, the first match of the three-match T20 series was played between the two teams on 23 August at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. The host team dominated the match completely, in which the South African team batted first and scored 174 runs in 20 overs, but the Windies team easily achieved this target in 17.5 overs at the loss of 3 wickets. While chasing the target from the West Indies side, aggressive half-century innings were seen from the bats of Nicholas Pooran and Shai Hope.
Puran hit 7 sixes and played an unbeaten innings of 65 runs
When the West Indies team came out to chase the target of 175 runs in the first T20 match of the series, the opening pair of Shai Hope and Alick Athanaze shared an 84-run partnership for the first wicket. Nicholas Pooran, who came to bat after Athanaze returned to the pavilion after scoring 40 runs in 30 balls, started taking the South African bowlers to task as soon as he came. Puran continued to score runs at a fast pace from one end and played an unbeaten innings of 65 runs in just 26 balls which included 7 sixes and only 2 fours. Apart from Pooran, Shai Hope also played a brilliant innings of 51 runs with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes in 36 balls. For South Africa, Otonil Bartman took 2 wickets while Quen Mphaka took one wicket in the match.
Africa reached a fighting score on the basis of innings of Tristan Stubbs and Kruger
If we talk about the batting performance of the South African team in this match, at one point they lost half of their team at a score of 42. From here, Tristan Stubbs and Patrick Kruger not only handled the team’s innings by making a partnership of 71 runs in 50 balls for the sixth wicket but also played an important role in taking the team to a fighting score. Stubbs’s bat saw an innings of 76 runs in 53 balls in this match which included 8 fours and three sixes. At the same time, Kruger played an innings of 44 runs. In bowling for West Indies, Matthew Forde took 3 wickets while Shamar Joseph took 2 wickets.
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