betvisa888Twitter reactions: Tabraiz Shamsi, Quinton de Kock help South Africa trump West Indies in a last-over thriller

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South Africa beat West Indies in the third T20 International (T20I) at National Cricket Stadium in Grenada to take a 2-1 lead in the ong⭕oing five-ma🍃tch series. It was a nail-biting contest that went to the wire where the visitors held their nerve and haꦐnded hosts a defeat by a solitary run.

Chasing the target of 168, Tabraiz Shamsi, the number one ranked bowler in T20Is, slowed the home side’s scoring rate and made them run for their money. He delivered a game-changing spell and helped his side defend the total. The left-arm spinner picked up two prized scalps of Evin Lewis (27) and Shimron Hetmyer (17) while conceding only 13 runs iꦑn his quota of 4 overs.

Apart from Shamsi, pacer Anrich Nortje also bagged a couple of wickets by removing the destructive batting duo of Nicholas Pooran (27) and Andre Russell (25).

No Windies batter was able to cross the 30-run mark. However, Fabian Allen did raise some hopes for the hosts by smashing 14 off 9 deliveries. Out of these fourteen runs, 12 came in the final over, when West Indies needed 15 runs to win the contest. Allen smashed a four, a six, and bagged a couple in the last over, including a wide, bowled by Kagiso Rabada as South Africa eventually won t🌠he thrilling contest by one run.

Earlier, Quinton de Kock showed his class and took West Indies bowlers to the cleaners. The explosive wicketkeeper-batsman scored 72 runs off just 51 deliveries with the help of five fours and two m𒁏aximums.

Aiden Markram (23) and Rassie van der Dussen (32) made valuable contributions in the middle-order to take South Africa’s total to 167/8 in their allotted 20 overs.

Obed McCoy was the pick of the bowler for the Kieron Pollard-led side. He registered a 4-wicket haul𒈔 by conceding 22 runs in 4 overs.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

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South Africa's attempt to create a bowling option from their top six have been smashed to pieces by West Indies.
45 runs in thre🐈e overs from Reeza Hendricks and Markram combined so far this series.
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)

⛔️ RESULT | WIN BY 1 RUN
Kagiso Rabada defended 15 runs in the final over to hand the a 2-1 🍌lead in the series, while Tabraiz Shamsi continued his great form with the ball, returning figures of 2/🔥13 in his 4 overs.
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA)

. take a 2-1 🧜series lead, winning the thi🐈rd T20I match vs West Indies by just one run.
World no.1 T20I bowler Tabraiz Shamsi was the ꧙pick of the bowlers with figures of 2/13.
— ICC (@ICC)

So close♛!😥 South Africa take the 3൲rd CG Insurance T20I by 1️⃣ run!
The will be back out to level the seri𒊎es on Thursday!�ℱ�
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket)

Quinton de Kock becomes only the second wicketkeeper-cum-o♕pener with 50 fifty-plus scores in internatio♑nal cricket.
Adam Gilchri♔st w🗹as the first such player, reaching there against Bangladesh in 2005.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)

Fifty plus score in his 5️⃣0️⃣th T20I match 😯👌
Quinton de Kock registered a sig꧃nificant 72 (51) against West Indies to help ��🇦 take a 2-1 lead in the five-match T20I seri🌟es 🏆 @QuinnyDeKock69
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)