1st T20: Chris Gayle powers the Indies to 4-wicket convert South Africa

Cape Town: His innings enclosed a unprecedented sequence throughout that he hit fifty two runs off eleven balls -- 5 sixes, 5 fours and a 2.After creating just one escape the primary six balls he featured, he reached his period off seventeen balls.

Chris Gayle blasted seventy seven off thirty one balls because the the Indies beat South Africa by four wickets within the 1st Twenty20 international at Newlands on weekday. the massive left-hander thrashed eight sixes and 5 fours in an exceedingly brutal assault on the South African bowlers.

Only India's Yuvraj Singh, United Nations agency reached his period off twelve balls against England in Durban throughout the 2007 World Twenty20, has reached fifty off fewer deliveries. it is a captain's nightmare, admitted South African skipper Faf du Plessis. i believed we tend to announce a very smart total.

Despite Gayle's assault, there have been solely four balls to spare once the the Indies completed their win by passing their target of 166. American captain Darren Sammy aforesaid triumph helped heal a number of the injuries caused by South Africa's comfy 2-0 win within the preceding three-match take a look at series. "We were determined to form up for the take a look at series, aforesaid Sammy of Friday's winning team that featured solely four of the take a look at facet.

Legspinner Imran Tahir semiconductor diode the South African fightback, taking 3 for twenty eight in four overs, together with the wicket of Gayle, United Nations agency gauntleted associate degree tried reverse sweep to wicketkeeper Morne van Wyk. Gayle was second man out with the whole on 114 off the last ball of the eleventh over.

Rilee Rossouw associate degreechored South Africa's total of one hundred sixty five for four with an unvanquished fifty one, created off forty balls with 5 fours. the foremost spectacular batting of the South African innings came from Du Plessis, United Nations agency beat thirty eight off twenty balls, with 5 fours and 2 sixes.

West Indian left-arm gap bowler Sheldon Cottrell took 2 for thirty three, whereas mythical being Holder opened the bowling associate degreed conceded solely twenty runs in an unbroken four-over spell, whereas claiming the wicket of Van Wyk.

At that stage it looked like the tourists would romp to triumph. however four additional wickets fell before Kieron Pollard force David Wiese to the midwicket boundary off the second ball of the last over.

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