SA vs WI / Evin Lewis masterclass helps West indies gun down the Proteas by 8 wickets

SA vs WI | The West Indies team has made a great start in the five-match T20 series being played against South Africa for the preparations for the T20 World Cup this year. West Indies, adorned with star players, thrashed the Proteas by eight wickets thanks to Evin Lewis' scintillating knock of 71 runs. With this, the team has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. Lewis scored 71 runs in 35 balls with the help of 4 fours and 7 sixes. During this his strike rate was 202.86. The specialty of Lewis' innings was that he scored the most runs while in the team like Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and Andre Russell.

In this match, veteran cricketer Gayle remained unbeaten on 32 runs in 24 balls, while Russell scored 23 runs in 12 balls. Apart from this, Pollard did not get a chance to bat. While Gayle-Russell together scored 55 runs and hit 6 sixes, Lewis single-handedly hit more runs and sixes than these two swashbuckling batsmen of world cricket. He was also adjudged man of the match for this brilliant innings. The West Indies team achieved the target of 161 runs in the 15th over on the basis of the brilliant game of the batsmen.

In this match, West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and invited South Africa to bat first. The team scored 160 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Rasi Vander Dussain scored the most runs for the team, who scored an unbeaten 56 off 38 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from him, wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock scored 37 and captain Temba Bavuma scored 22 runs. Fabian Allen and Dwayne Bravo took two wickets each for the West Indies team.