In a convincing show of batting prowess, the West Indies cruised to a seven-wicket victory over South Africa within the first T20I of the three-match collection on the Brian Lara Stadium. The hosts’ triumph was primarily fueled by a scintillating innings from Nicholas Pooran, who showcased his damaging hitting capabilities to seal the deal.
Tristan Stubbs’ heroics go in useless
Opting to bat first after profitable the toss, South Africa posted a aggressive whole of 174/7 of their allotted 20 overs. Tristan Stubbs top-scored with a 42-ball 76, laced with 8 fours and three sixes, to rescue the guests from a precarious place at 42/5. Nonetheless, the West Indies bowlers, led by Matthew Forde (3/27) and Akeal Hosein (2/22), stored the South African batters in test for almost all of the innings.
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Nicholas Pooran’s blitzkrieg seals emphatic victory
In response, the West Indies openers Alick Athanaze (40) and Shai Hope (51) offered a stable begin, including 84 runs for the primary wicket. Nonetheless, the introduction of spin from the South African bowlers slowed down the run fee, and the hosts discovered themselves at 138/3 within the 14th over. Enter Pooran, who took the assault to the opposition bowlers, smashing 7 fours and a couple of sixes in his unbeaten 65 off simply 26 balls. His onslaught, together with a gentle 7 off 15 balls from captain Rovman Powell, helped West Indies chase down the goal with 13 balls to spare.
Kwena Maphaka makes historical past as youngest debutant
South Africa’s woes have been compounded by the absence of their ace pacer Lungi Ngidi, who was dominated out of the collection with a calf pressure. The guests handed a debut to 18-year-old Kwena Maphaka, who grew to become the youngest-ever participant to signify South Africa in a T20I. Maphaka picked up Powell’s wicket in his 3.5 overs, however it was not sufficient to stop a West Indies victory.
Pooran adjudged Participant of the Match
For his match-winning knock, Pooran was adjudged the Participant of the Match. The left-hander’s onslaught showcased his immense batting prowess and skill to show the sport on its head in a matter of overs. The 2 groups will now head for the all-important second T20I on Sunday, August 25, on the identical floor with West Indies main the collection 1-0.
Right here’s how followers reacted:
Kwena Maphaka turns into the youngest participant to make a global debut for South Africa (18 years and 137 Days) 🙌🏏#cricket #WIvSA #KwenaMaphaka #southafricacricket #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/1MQ5bhKdNO
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) August 24, 2024
42/5 to 176/7
23(21) to 76(42)
Stubbs Nation The place r we!!! We acquired an innings underpressure 🤩🤩🤩🥵🥵🥵🥵#WIvsSA pic.twitter.com/0qbPK2vEUx— SM⁶³ (@LongOff_____) August 24, 2024
A simple win for West Indies in first Match. #WIvsSA #SAvsWI pic.twitter.com/Kovec5ndPp
— Muhammad Irfan 🇦🇺 (@IrfiLuck) August 23, 2024
7️⃣ Maximums, 2️⃣ Fours 💪🏾
4 consecutive 6️⃣s in a single over 🔥
An unbelievable efficiency from Nicholas Pooran#WIvSA #T20Fest #MenInMaroon pic.twitter.com/QGlh5f6RwZ
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) August 23, 2024
Nicholas Pooran is in full savage mode!🔥😤 #WIvSA
twelfth Over :- 0 , 1 , 6 , 6 , 6 , 6 pic.twitter.com/TsUTewm0ml
— JD CriCo (@Gaurav_05Kumar) August 24, 2024
Baffling hitting by the #WestIndies or perhaps that’s not even the phrase since we’re used to their white ball brief type exploits. Good win. Vital win. Kudos to Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran. Highly effective knocks
However spare a thought for #TristanStubbs #Windies #Proteas pic.twitter.com/rOJqZK35oF
— Cricket Chronicle (@caughtatpoint17) August 24, 2024
Need to dominate a tough chase? Name Nicholas Pooran 📞 #WIvSA #NICHOLAS #NicholasPooran pic.twitter.com/E2Yjsjgo6a
— Hamza Chaudhary (@Its_HamzaAshfaq) August 24, 2024
Greatest beast of the T20 cricket 💀
65* 26 2 7 towards RSA in 1st T20Is
Nicholas Pooran @nicholas_47 ❤️🔥#WIvRSA pic.twitter.com/7Udj65FNA9— 𝐀𝐧𝐦𝐨𝐥 (@anmolr14) August 23, 2024
Nicholas Pooran – A Particular expertise ,performed a powerful knock of 67 in simply 26 deliveries with 2 fours and seven most and win the sport for westindies #RSAVSWI pic.twitter.com/SprNVXa90Y
— Rajeev Ranjan (@CenaHrithik) August 23, 2024
Nicholas Pooran is among the most gifted cricketers to come back out of the Caribbean.
— Philasande Sixaba (@psixaba) August 23, 2024
Energy. Aggression. Muscle.
West Indies take a 1-0 collection lead in true West Indian type 🔥
Managed aggression!
A well timed 4th T20I half century! Of #Nicholaspooran#WIvSA #T20Fest
| #WIvSA#WIvSA pic.twitter.com/RaZT7zHS15
— Ravi Soni (@Ravisonime) August 23, 2024
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