West Indies captain Rovman Powell scored a blistering unbeaten 43 to information his crew to a three-wicket win over South Africa in a rain-affected Twenty20 worldwide.
Powell’s innings led to simply 18 balls as West Indies chased down the goal of 132 with three balls to spare to go up 1–0 within the three-match sequence.
The sport was lowered to 11 overs, with South Africa scoring 131–8 after which the vacationers replying to 132–7.
After a two-hour delay, Powell put South Africa into bat in damp circumstances and bought speedy returns as main batsmen Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw have been dismissed cheaply.
David Miller rescued the house facet with a 22-ball 48, mixed with cameos from Reeza Hendricks (21) and Sisanda Magala (18 not out) to take South Africa to a defendable whole.
The West Indies went on the assault from the beginning of their innings, scoring 17 runs off their first 4 balls earlier than South Africa caught Kyle Mayers off the subsequent ball.
Brandon King (23) and Johnson Charles (28) continued to threaten the bowlers earlier than Powell hit three sixes and a 4 because the West Indies took 25 off Bjorn Fortuyn within the eighth over.
This left them needing 20 runs from the final three overs, but it surely ought to have been a routine activity for Magala to be disillusioned with two wickets in as many balls earlier than Powell ensured victory within the final over.
The second T20 match will even be performed in Centurion on Sunday.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
