Corbin Bosch’s ball hit Romario Shepherd’s helmet:Markram records most 50+ scores for SA in T20Is; top moments records

In the T20 World Cup on Thursday, South Africa defeated West Indies by 9 wickets in the first match. This Super-8 match was played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from 3 PM. Batting first, West Indies set a target of 177 runs, which South Africa achieved in 16.1 overs losing one wicket. Captain Aiden Markram scored unbeaten 82 and Ryan Rickelton scored unbeaten 45 runs. SA vs WI Match Records and Moments… Top Moments… 1. Corbin Bosch’s ball hit Shepherd On the fourth ball of the 11th over, Corbin Bosch bowled a bouncer to Romario Shepherd. Shepherd tried to duck and leave the ball, but he lost sight of it. The cross-seam delivery first hit his shoulder with low bounce and then deflected to hit near his neck. After this, the medical team had to come onto the field. After the concussion check, the game resumed and Shepherd continued batting. 2. Ball hit stumps twice on Rickelton’s shot In the 16th over, on Rickelton’s shot, the ball hit the stumps at the non-striker’s end. Romario Shepherd bowled a full-length delivery near the off stump on the third ball. Rickelton played a straight drive, but the ball hit the stumps at the non-striker’s end and went away, resulting in 1 run. In the same over, Shepherd bowled a full toss on the fifth ball, to which Rickelton again played a straight shot and the ball hit the stumps. This time also they got only 1 run. 3. Rabada took 2 wickets in one over In the third over, Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets putting a break on West Indies innings. Rabada bowled a back of length delivery to Shai Hope on the second ball. Hope attempted to cut, but the ball took the edge of the bat and went into Quinton de Kock’s hands. On the fifth ball of the same over, Rabada bowled a short pitch delivery, on which Shimron Hetmyer played a pull shot, but the ball went up in the air. Keshav Maharaj running towards the right at mid-wicket took an easy catch. 4. Ngidi dropped Rutherford’s catch In the last over of the powerplay, Marco Jansen bowled a short pitch delivery outside off stump to Rutherford on the third ball. Rutherford played a shot, but the ball took the outside edge of the bat and went to short third man. Ngidi, standing there, tried to catch it but the ball just touched his fingers and went through. At that time, Rutherford was playing at 3 runs. Top Records… 1. Rabada is South Africa’s second-highest wicket-taker Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets against West Indies. With this, he became the second highest wicket-taker for South Africa in T20 World Cup. Anrich Nortje has taken more wickets than him. Nortje has 37 wickets while Rabada has 32 wickets. 2. Markram scored most 50+ scores for South Africa Against West Indies, Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten 82 runs off 46 balls. He became the batsman with the most fifties for South Africa in T20 World Cup. Markram now has 6 fifties to his name. He surpassed AB de Villiers and de Kock, who have 5 fifties each in the tournament. 3. De Kock becomes SA’s Sixer King in the tournament Quinton de Kock has become South Africa’s highest six-hitting batsman in T20 World Cup. He hit 4 sixes in his 47-run innings against West Indies. He now has 33 sixes in the tournament. He surpassed de Villiers, who has 30 sixes.