In front of the huge score that the West Indies had scored, South Africa needed a fast and strong start, which Dickock gave to the team along with Hendricks. Both of them added 152 runs for the first wicket and also made a record.
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Centurion: South Africa defeated West Indies by six wickets in the second T20 match played at the Supersport Park ground on Sunday. South Africa Has achieved a record win in this match. Batting first, West Indies scored 259 runs losing four wickets. For that, Johnson Charles scored an inning of 118 runs in 46 balls, but Quinton Dickock’s century overshadowed his innings and South Africa created history by achieving this target seven balls ago. This is the biggest win achieved by any team chasing a target in T20 International.
Dickock and his opening partner Reeza Hendricks played an important role in South Africa’s victory. Dickock played an inning of 100 runs in 44 balls with the help of nine fours and eight sixes. Riza scored 68 runs in 28 balls with the help of 11 fours and two sixes. In the end, captain Aiden Markram’s unbeaten 38-run innings won the team.
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flurry of records
In this match, both the teams made a flurry of records. This is the biggest run chase in T20 history. Apart from this, Dickock completed his half-century in just 15 balls in this match, which is his fastest half-century. After this, Dickock completed his century in just 43 balls, which is his fastest century in T20 while it is the second fastest century in T20 from South Africa. Before him, David Miller scored a century in 35 balls. He scored this century against Bangladesh, which is the fastest century in T20 International. In this match, Charles completed a century in 39 balls and this is the fastest century in T20 International for West Indies. Although Charles’s innings could not win the team.
In front of the huge score that the West Indies had scored, South Africa needed a fast and strong start, which Dickock gave to the team along with Hendricks. Both of them added 152 runs for the first wicket. Both of them had added 102 runs in Powerplay, which is the highest score made by any team in Powerplay in T20 International match.
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West Indies made a record of sixes
West Indies Hit 22 sixes in this innings and with this he equaled the record of most sixes hit by a team in a match in T20 International. Apart from Charles, Kyle Myers scored 51 runs in 27 balls with the help of five fours and four sixes for the West Indies. In the end, Romario Shepherd scored an unbeaten 41 off 18 balls with the help of one four and four sixes. West Indies hit 22 sixes in this match, but South Africa hit only 15 sixes, that is, seven sixes less and still achieved the world record by achieving the target seven balls earlier.
