The West Indies have scored 144 runs in the first play. In WCL 2024, India has a target of 145 runs. This is a do or die match for both teams, because a big win can give one entry in the semi -finals. All 11 players from the West Indies got down to bat, out of which 9 runs could not even touch the double figure. Kieron Pollard contributed significantly to his team to play an unbeaten half -century innings, the team’s score 140.

Team India’s decision to bowl first proved to be correct, as the batsmen of the West Indies team looked in trouble from the beginning. Captain Chris Gayle scored just 9 runs, while stormy batsman Landal Simmons was able to contribute just 2 runs. Alam was that by the West Indies 32, the three top order batsmen had lost the wickets and for a score of 43, half the team had returned to the pavilion.

Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo returned the car of the West Indies team to the track of 29 runs. However, Bravo returned to the pavilion after scoring just 9 runs. On the other hand, Pollard took over one end. The Caribbean team was losing wickets at regular intervals, as a result, 9 batsmen of the team had been dismissed by the score of 111.

Kieron Pollard scored 74 runs

The last batsman Sheldon came to batting, but the last 16 balls were played by Pollard alone. Pollard was playing 41 runs at the time of falling 9th wicket. Where it seemed difficult for the West Indies team to reach 100 runs, Pollard scored 33 runs in the last 16 balls. In this way, Pollard hit 74 runs in his 43 -ball innings. During this, 3 fours and 8 sixes came out of Pollard’s bat.

Talking about Indian bowling, Piyush Chawla proved to be the most successful bowler, who took 3 wickets. Varun Aaron and Stuart Binny took two wickets each. Apart from him, Pawan Negi also succeeded in taking a wicket.

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South Africa has trampled Australia by 95 runs. This is South Africa’s fourth win in 5 matches in WCL 2025 and has reached the top of WCL 2025 Points Table. Playing first in this match, South Africa scored a huge score of 241 runs, in response to which Australian batting came out. Ben Cutting made a big contribution in bringing a stormy innings of 59 runs in the final overs to bring the difference of Australia’s defeat below 100.

The South African team scored 241 runs while batting first. AB de Villiers and JJ Smats had shared a salute of 188 runs and broke the back of Australian bowling. AB de Villiers completed a century in just 39 balls and beat Australian batsmen fiercely. De Villiers scored 123 runs in 46 balls, besides Smuts also caused a lot of devastation and scored a rage of 85 runs.

Australia’s bad condition

When the Australia Champions team came out to chase the target, Chris Lynn was out without opening an account on the first ball of the innings. One wicket after another was falling, Shaun Marsh’s experience did not work, while Darcy Short and Ben Dunk failed to cause havoc. Alam was that 4 wickets of Australia fell for just 32 runs. In the next 35 runs, the next 4 wickets also fell, causing Australia’s score to 67/8.

The Kangaroos were under threat of defeat of more than 150 runs. In such a situation, the bat of Ben Cutting went on a lot, in which he played a stormy innings of 59 runs in 29 balls. During this, he hit 6 fours and 4 sixes. In this way Australia survived a huge defeat. This entire match hit 46 fours and 17 sixes from both sides. Now in the points table, South Africa remains first and Australia number-3.

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In WCL 2025, South Africa has set a target of 242 runs in front of Australia. In this match, AB de Villiers has wreaked havoc and scored a century in just 39 balls. Apart from de Villiers, JJ Smats also scored 90 runs in a stormy innings. Australia was not such a bowler of the Champions team, who has scored runs at a less than 9 economy rates. Captain Brett Lee also proved to be very expensive.

AB de Villiers and JJ Smats opened for South Africa. Both of them put shots in a fierce manner. The African team scored 133 runs in just 10 overs. AB de Villiers completed the fifty in 22 balls in this match. On the other hand, Smuts completed Pachasa in a very slow style, but after completing the fifty, he started batting in a quick manner.

South Africa’s first wicket fell for 187 runs, but after that other batsmen of the team could not do anything special. One continued wickets kept falling one after the other. JP Duminy was able to score just 16 runs, while the other 5 batsmen could not even touch the 10 runs.

De Villiers hit a century in 39 balls

AB de Villiers completed the fifty in 22 balls and scored the next 50 runs in just 17 balls. In this way he completed a century in 39 balls. He scored 123 runs in 46 balls in his innings. In this innings played at a stormy strike rate of 267, he hit 15 fours and 8 sixes. De Villiers scored more than 100 runs even with boundary. De Villiers, along with JJ Smats, did a brilliant partnership of 187 runs.

The most wickets from Australia were taken by Peter Siddal, who dismissed 3 batsmen of the South Africa Champions team. South Africa and Australia are currently second and third in the points table. The winning team will reach the top of the WCL points table.