RSA VS WI - 2nd T20I, West Indies tour of South Africa, 2023

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Aiden Markram: Great game to be a part of. We witnessed two very good knocks today and they will be remembered. Even if you bowl good balls, they still travel, sometimes you have to laugh it off. The guys were relaxed. They were saying that it's 10-15 runs short. Credit to the openers for getting us off to a good start. (On Reeza Hendricks) He does it his own way. We talk about playing an attacking brand of cricket, but he also showed that doesn't mean that you have to slog. Reeza once again proved today the type of player he is. He's all class and times the ball beautifully. It is going to be an exciting game on Tuesday night, not sure about the conditions but it will be a great game. We appreciate the support from the crowd and we hope they enjoyed the two games here.

Quinton de Kock | Player of the Match: Quite special. Just he did what Reeza does. It was quite special out there. Just pick the right options, just give our side a bit of hope and that is what we needed. Playing at Centurion, we know we can get a lot of runs here. The ball travels here quite a bit. We knew we could catch up here and especially with the nature of the wicket. It was quite a road out there. (On scoring his first T20I ton) Quite special, I have been searching for it for a while. We don't play too much T20I cricket at Centurion but to do that at my home ground was quite special.

Rovman Powell: Sometimes you have to put your body through stress and it was an important game. When we came off halfway, we thought we had enough. Credit has to be given to Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks.They took us off to a flier and played exceptional cricket. They applied pressure from ball one. (On Johnson Charles) We told him to go hard from ball one and he did that today. The guys are going in the right direction. It's just to take the things we did well today and take it into the third T20I. This is the seventh game I've been on the T20 circuit that we scored 240 or 250 runs and we lost so I am quite used to it now. The fast bowlers, it was not their day today so we tried to take pace off with me and Reifer coming in. We have to come back in the final game. It only gets more spicier, it only gets more nicer for the fans.

Highest successful run-chases in T20Is (full-members)
259/4 - South Africa vs West Indies, Centurion, today
245/5 - Australia vs New Zealand, Auckland, 2018
236/6 - West Indies vs South Africa, Johannesburg, 2015
230/8 - England vs South Africa, Mumbai, 2016
226/5 - England vs South Africa, Centurion, 2020

Highest match-aggregates in Men’s T20s:
517 - South Africa vs West Indies, Centurion, today
515 - Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans, Rawalpindi, 2023
501 - Titans vs Knights, Potchefstroom, 2022
497 - Central Districts vs Otago, New Plymouth, 2016
493 - Jamaica Tallawahs vs Trinbago Knight Riders, Kingston, 2019
489 - West Indies vs India, Lauderhill, 2016

Special mention for the West Indies batters. They did extremely well to get their side to 258 (the highest score in T20Is in Centurion) but their bowlers lost the plot against a rampaging South African side. Charles scored the fastest T20I ton for WI, only off 39 balls. Good knocks from Mayers, Shepherd, and Powell helped the visitors to keep up the momentum. After that, it was a masterclass from de Kock which literally took the game away from West Indies. The tourists tried everything they could, changing their lines and lengths, varying their pace, but it didn't work out tonight. SA have levelled the series 1-1 and they will remember this victory for a long, long time. Stick around for the presentations..

17:34 Local Time, 15:34 GMT, 21:04 IST: What an outstanding batting performance from SA! This is the highest successful run-chase in T20Is and SA actually have coasted to the finish line with 7 balls to spare. Just shows how belligerent the home side has been in the run-chase. More than 500 runs were scored in this game and it was an absolute run-fest, a treat for the crowd it turned out to be! Chasing 259 was a tough ask but it wasn't improbable with a belter of a surface and short boundaries on offer. de Kock and Hendricks got their side off to a flier. They put up 102 in the powerplay, which happened to be the highest powerplay score ever in T20I cricket. The stage was set and they continued to take the WI bowlers to the cleaners. de Kock went on to score a ton only in 43 balls but fell just after that. The damage was done by then as both of them had put up 152 for the first wicket only in 65 balls. SA did lose a few wickets after that in quick time but Markram was cool as a cucumber. Klaasen also joined the party and along with his skipper, took the Proteas to a memorable and historic victory.

Shepherd to Markram, 1 run, that's it! It has been a famous record chase in Centurion! Full toss on the pads, Markram whips it away to deep backward square leg. The crowd is up on its feet and absolutely loved the action. A chase to be remembered for the ages

Shepherd to Markram, wide, a short ball but it is too short and Markram lets it go. It has been wided for height. The scores are level now

Shepherd to Klaasen, 1 run, fuller length ball around off, Klaasen goes for another big hit down the ground but miscues it. It lands away from Holder. A single taken. Only 2 needed now

Shepherd to Klaasen, FOUR, slower ball outside off, Klaasen gets under it and smashes it over the bowler's head for a boundary. SA are only one hit away now

Shepherd to Markram, 1 run, another off-pace ball outside off, driven away to extra cover to rotate strike

Shepherd to Markram, wide, slower ball but it slips down the leg side, Markram looks to sweep it but misses. It has been wided

Shepherd to Markram, no run, slower one outside off, Markram swings hard at it but misses

Romario Shepherd [3.0-0-35-0] is back into the attack

Holder to Markram, 1 run, low full toss on off, heaved away off the inner half of the bat to deep square leg. SA need 9 off 12

Holder to Markram, FOUR, pitched up ball well outside off, Markram reaches out to it and carves it past backward point to find th ropes again

Mrinal: My friends say this isn't a cricket match, this is a rampage against the bowlers. Looks like a training session before IPL.

Holder to Markram, no run, length ball outside off, Markram was backing away to open up the off-side but fails to make contact

Holder to Klaasen, 1 run, yorker length ball outside off, carved away to deep point. SA need only 14 off 15 balls now

Holder to Klaasen, FOUR, brilliantly played! Very full ball on middle, Klaasen stays leg side of the ball and caresses it expertly through extra cover to pick up back-to-back boundaries