25/03Result

27th Match, Super 10 Group 1 (N), World T20 at Nagpur, Mar 25 2016

South AfricaSouth AfricaSA
122/8
West IndiesWest IndiesWI
123/7 (19.4/20 ov)

West Indies won by 3 wkts (2b rem)

Player of the Match

Marlon SamuelsWest Indies

25/03Result

27th Match, Super 10 Group 1 (N), World T20 at Nagpur, Mar 25 2016

South AfricaSouth AfricaSA
122/8
West IndiesWest IndiesWI
123/7 (19.4/20 ov)

West Indies won by 3 wkts (2b rem)

Player of the Match

Marlon SamuelsWest Indies

Match Day

3162dFirdose Moonda

What went wrong for South Africa

From the lack of clarity on AB de Villiers' batting position, to questionable team selection, their early World T20 exit was a familiar story

3163dKarthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

'It's very good that we can keep our nerve' - Samuels

Winning a close-run, low-scoring game against South Africa on a difficult Nagpur pitch has shown West Indies that they can handle pressure, Marlon Samuels has said

3164dKarthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

'No excuses' for being on brink of elimination - du Plessis

Captain Faf du Plessis was quite clear in his assessment that South Africa fell at least 10 runs short of a defendable total against West Indies at Nagpur

3164dKarthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

SA expect 'spinning deck' despite pitch change

Two days before Nagpur was set to host a World T20 match between South Africa and West Indies, the pitch for the game was switched

3165dESPNcricinfo staff

West Indies ponder over 'good headache' in batting order

The forced absence of Chris Gayle from the batting crease against Sri Lanka has given West Indies a batting-order puzzle to solve ahead of Friday's clash against South Africa in Nagpur

Videos

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Match Day - Dip makes Bravo's slower ball deadly
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Match Day: Drop Abbott or Rabada, play Phangiso
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All or nothing

4

Number of times, out of 7 T20I innings v SA, that Gayle has been dismissed under 15. In the other three innings, his scores are 117, 77 and 90

Gayle the bowler emerges

2012

The last time before today, that Gayle bowled more than one over in a T20I

Struggle for SA

122

South Africa's total, their 2nd-lowest in a 20-game versus WI. In 2010 in North Sound, they scored 120 and won by 1 run

Middle-order collapse

20

Runs added by South Africa's Nos. 3-6, their fourth lowest in T20Is (in inngs when all of them have batted)

Losing three in three

3

Number of times, before today's game, that South Africa have lost three or more wickets in the first 3 overs. They lost each of those three matches

Rossouw's ducks

7

Zeroes for Rossouw in 42 innings in international cricket - 5 in ODIs and 2 in T20Is. He has 8 fifty-plus scores in these 42 innings

Advantage South Africa

6-3

South Africa's win-loss record in T20Is against West Indies. They have never played in Asia, though

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super 10 Group 1
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
WI	4	3	1	6	0.359
ENG	4	3	1	6	0.145
SA	4	2	2	4	0.651
SL	4	1	3	2	-0.461
AFG	4	1	3	2	-0.715
Super 10 Group 2
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NZ	4	4	0	8	1.9
IND	4	3	1	6	-0.305
AUS	4	2	2	4	0.233
PAK	4	1	3	2	-0.093
BAN	4	0	4	0	-1.805
First Round Group A
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
BAN	3	2	0	5	1.938
NED	3	1	1	3	0.154
OMA	3	1	1	3	-1.521
IRE	3	0	2	1	-0.685
First Round Group B
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AFG	3	3	0	6	1.54
ZIM	3	2	1	4	-0.567
SCOT	3	1	2	2	-0.132
HKG	3	0	3	0	-1.017