Delhi : West Indies defeated South Africa by 30 runs in the second T20 match and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. In the first match too, Windies had won by 7 wickets, and now they have achieved the feat of winning the T20 series against the African team for the third consecutive time.
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In the second T20 match, West Indies scored 179 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs after being invited to bat first. In this match, Shai Hope played a brilliant innings of 41 runs, while captain Rovman Powell contributed 35 runs. In the end, Sharfane Rutherford scored 29 runs in 18 balls, which included three fours and two sixes. Due to these excellent innings, West Indies was able to reach a respectable score.
Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks gave a good start for South Africa, where Rickelton scored 20 runs and Hendricks scored 44 runs.
However, after the dismissal of these two, the rest of the batsmen could not perform effectively.Shamar Joseph and Romario Shepherd completely destroyed the South African middle order. Both these bowlers took 3 wickets each, in which Romario Shepherd won the Player of the Match award by taking 3 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs. Tristan Stubbs scored 28 runs for the African team, but he could not lead the team to victory.
Shamar Joseph made his international debut against Australia in January 2024.
Shamar Joseph was born on 19 August 1999.
