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South Africa vs West Indies: After South Africa’s victory over West Indies in the T20 World Cup, India’s semi-final score became easy.
Chennai : Prayers of crores of Indian fans have been answered. South Africa did a huge favor to Team India by defeating the West Indies in the Super-8 match on Thursday. Now the fate of the Indian team is in the hands of the cricketers themselves. The equation to make it to the semi-finals just got a lot easier.
First of all, South Africa has almost confirmed their place in the semi-finals by defeating West Indies by 9 wickets in the match held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Aiden Markram-led side are unbeaten in the tournament so far.
The Proteas first beat India in the Super-8 phase and now beat the West Indies by 9 wickets to all but seal their semi-final berth. South Africa’s victory clears the path to the semi-finals for Team India. On the other hand, after this humiliating loss, the situation has become very difficult for West Indies.
Millions of Indian fans were praying for the victory of the team which defeated the Indian team by a huge margin today. That prayer worked and now Team India is relieved. The road to the semi-finals has become much easier for them. Suryakumar Yadav and Co. will almost guarantee a place in the semi-finals if they win the remaining two matches in the Super-8 phase. Today Zimbabwe is playing against India in Chennai.
West Indies beat Zimbabwe by a big margin in the first match of the Super-8, but they bowed out against South Africa. After this loss by 9 wickets, their net run rate dropped to +1.791. Now the equation is clear—they have to win against India on March 1 to book a semi-final ticket. The team that wins that match will qualify for the semi-finals with South Africa.
West Indies batted first and scored 176 runs in the match held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In reply, the pair of Quinton de Kock and captain Aiden Markram gave the team a great start. They added 95 runs for the first wicket. De Kock was dismissed for 47 runs but the captain remained unbeaten in the end. Markram scored 82 runs off 46 balls with 7 fours and 4 sixes. He was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his outstanding performance.
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