Anrich Nortje Unwanted Records: The second match of the ongoing 3-match T20 series between West Indies and South Africa was played on Thursday i.e. 29 January at Centurion. In this match, Enrique Norcia, who is currently one of the most feared fast bowlers in the world, was badly beaten by the West Indies batsmen. An embarrassing record was added to the name of Norkia in the second T20 International played in Centurion. This right-arm fast bowler was targeted by West Indies opener Brandon King. King scored 24 runs in one over of Norkia. After this, Enrique Norcia’s line length deteriorated and he gave away a lot of runs.

Enrique Norcia gave away 59 runs in 3 overs

Enrique Norcia gave away 59 runs in 3 overs in Centurion T20 against West Indies. During this period his economy was 19.70. West Indies opener Brandon King scored 4,4,6,0,4,6 (24 runs) in one over of Norkia. During this, Enrique Norcia has broken his own unwanted record in T20 International cricket. Before this, he had given 47 runs against West Indies in the year 2024, whereas in the year 2020 he had given away 46 runs against Australia.

West Indies scored 221 runs for 4 wickets

South Africa won the toss and asked West Indies to bat first. In reply, West Indies, batting first, scored 221 runs for 4 wickets. Shamran Hetmyer played an inning of 75 runs in 42 balls for West Indies, which included 8 fours and three sixes. Sherfane Rutherford also played an unbeaten inning of 54 runs off 24 balls, while opener Brandon King missed his half-century by one run. King scored 49 runs in 30 balls with the help of three sixes and five fours and Rutherford hit five fours and four sixes in his explosive innings. In this match, Brandon King had scored 24 runs in the very first over of Norkia.

After the historic and memorable victory of the Asia Cup 2025, the West Indies will be challenged in front of the Indian team. The West Indies team’s visit to India will start from October 2, two Test matches will be played between the two teams. A few days before the start of this series, the West Indies team suffered a setback. The dreaded fast bowler Aljari Joseph is out of the series due to injury.

Aljari Joseph experienced discomfort some time ago due to pain in the lower back. At the same time, Cricket West Indies shared information through social media and told that in the report of Joseph’s investigation, it was found that his already corrected injury has started giving trouble again.

To compensate for the shortage of Aljari Joseph, the West Indies have included 23 -year -old Zediah blades in the squad. Blads have not yet made their Test debut and have only 7 matches experience at the international level. Blades are currently playing in the T20 series against Nepal, which will conclude on 30 September. He will then join the West Indies team for the Test series against India.

Cricket West Indies also revealed that the first all -rounder Jason Holder was contacted to replace Aljari Joseph. But due to the early medical examination, the holder refused to do so.

India-West Indies Test Series schedule

The first Test match between India and West Indies will be played from October 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. At the same time, the second and final Test match of the series will be played from October 10 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Squad of India: Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja (Vice -captain), Washington Sundar, Jasington Sundar, Jaspreet Bumrah, Akshar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, N Jagdishan (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav

West Indies updated squad: Roston Chase (Captain), Joler Warrican, Kevilan Anderson, Elik Athanaz, John Campbell, Tegenarin Chandrapaul, Justin Greaves, Shay Hope, Tevin Imlach, Jediah Blade, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Anderson Philip, Khari Pierre and Zaye Celsius

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