West Indies won the T20 series against Bangladesh in July last year. They then lost four consecutive series in the shorter format. Apart from this, there is a very poor performance in the World Cup, with the price of which the two-time world champions have to leave the first round. After a long time, the Caribbeans have returned to their familiar rhythm. They beat South Africa 2-1 in the three-match T20I series. West Indies defeated the Proteas by 7 runs in the third match in Johannesburg on Tuesday (March 28). Batting at the beginning, West Indies scored 220 runs for 8 wickets in a team effort. In response, South Africa scored 213 runs for 6 wickets at the end of the scheduled over. Alzari Joseph became the man of the match with 5 wickets.

Johnson Charles scored 146 runs in 2 matches. Among the Caribbean, all-rounder Romario Shepherd scored 44 runs off 22 balls. 41 runs from 19 balls came from Nicholas Pooran’s bat. Brendan King scored 36, Raymon Reifer scored 27, Kyle Meyers scored 17, Algeri Joseph scored 14 and Jason Holder scored 13. Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, and Enrich Nortje took 2 wickets each for the Proteas. Aiden Markram got one wicket. Opener Reza Hendricks was in orbit chasing runs. But in the end, he could not bring victory to the team. Reza got out after scoring 83 runs off 44 balls in a tense moment. Riley Russo provided great company, but none of the rest could make a significant contribution to the scoreboard. Russo scored 42 runs off 21 balls. Among others, Markram scored 35, Quinton de Kock 21, and Klaasen scored 6 runs. Joseph spent 40 runs to take 5 wickets. The holder gets one wicket.