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Kieron Pollard Scored 51 Runs In 25 Balls Against South Africa

Kieron Pollard scored 51 runs in 25 balls Against South Africa. South Africa’s team was blown away by Kieron Pollard’s storm, the T20 series equalized: WI vs SA.

A five-match T20 International series is being played between West Indies and South Africa.

Four matches of this series have been played and both the teams are currently tied 2-2, as the fourth match of the series has been won by the host Caribbean team by 21 runs.

The first match of the series was also won by the West Indies, while the next two matches were won by the South African team.

In the fourth match, captain Kieron Pollard’s bat ran and South Africa’s team was blown away in his storm.

Actually, after losing the toss, the West Indies team got off to bat first, but after that two consecutive wickets fell early.

After this, there was a small partnership, but wickets kept falling from one end. In the end, Kieron Pollard took the responsibility and took the team to a respectable score.

Kieron Pollard scored 51 runs in 25 balls with the help of 2 fours and 5 sixes. During this, his strike rate was 204. Pollard completed his fifty in 24 balls.

However, he could not score a single run on the last ball of the innings.

Apart from captain Kieron Pollard for the Caribbean team, Lendl Simmons scored 47 runs in 34 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes.

West Indies scored 167 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. On the other hand, George Linde and Tabrez Shamsi took 2-2 wickets for South Africa.

Enrique Norkhia and Kagiso Rabada got one wicket each. At the same time, chasing the target of 168 runs, South Africa’s team did not get a good start.

But wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock scored 60 runs in 43 balls, but he did not get much support from the rest of the batsmen.

The team could score only 146 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 9 wickets and lost the match by 21 runs.

BCCI is soon going to give entry to two new teams in IPL.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is contemplating fielding two new teams in the 2022 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The decision to play 10 teams in the IPL was made in the year 2020 itself, but due to the coronavirus epidemic, the BCCI had to pull it out.

This was the reason that BCCI considered it necessary in IPL 2021 with the same 8 teams, which teams played in the 2019 IPL.

BCCI is soon going to give entry to two new teams in IPL. According to the Cricbuzz report, 10 teams can be seen in the 2022 IPL.

However, those buying a franchise may have to pay a hefty amount. BCCI has made up its mind to announce a hefty base price to give entry to new teams in the IPL.

According to the report, to field a new team in the IPL, the franchise will have to start bidding at least 1850 crores.

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