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SA vs WI, 5th T20, RSA vs WI 2021 summary

143-9(20.0)

South Africa won by 15 runs

(20.0)168-4

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Commentary

That's all we have from the commentary box. Till the next time it's ta-ta from me, Arya Sekhar Chakraborty and my fellow commentators Sourya Chowdhury and Karthik Raj.

Time for the South African unit to pose with the trophy.

Temba Bavuma, South Africa skipper- Delighted. Incredible from the boys. We were under pressure and we need to commend our ability to bounce back. Come the World Cup, it should be an incredible one to watch. This series can only boost our confidence. We haven't won much away from home. Looking forward at the World Cup, this win gives us confidence and belief as well. I believe things are gelling well for us. It was a hard-fought series from a skill point of view. The management is satisfied that guys have fit certain roles. We really did enjoy this tour. We were disappointed when it was called off last year. It has been a great experience and I'm sure the younger boys will be looking for to coming back next time.

Time for Temba Bavuma to have a chat.

Tabraiz Shamsi is the Player of the Series- I am someone who liked to do a lot of homework and watch footage. Not even in my wildest dreams did I think I'd have such a series. Credit to the full bowling group. There is a running joke in the team that the safest place to hit the ball is back at me (laughs). After the first game we played, people were calling for 5-0. We are very inexperienced, but that doesn't mean there is a lack of skill. To beat a team such as WI, one of the World Cup favourites. It is just about being strong and be prepared to be hit for sixes. There will be opportunities. Linde has been working hard too, full credit to him, he has been working really hard. Our best performance was in the finals, and that's what experience brings.

Tabraiz Shamsi is the CG Player of the Series for his dream run with the ball.

Kieron Pollard, West Indies skipper- The total seemed like a winning total for us. We had three opportunities in this series to chase 160 but we couldn't. But the disappointing this for us is that we keep making the same mistakes over and over and over. Well played to Quinton and South Africa. He was fantastic for them, he changed the momentum of the series. The young bowlers for us, McCoy, Sinclar and Bravo coming good were fantastic. The batting was disappointing. It's good we have such outings, but we need to regroup and learn with Australia coming soon. Our squad is there and there about. We need to look at some of the guys because of what transpired. We want people to show it matters. I like to deal with the present. This series is done, the World Cup is two years away, so let's not plan too far ahead and deal with what's ahead of us.

Time for Mike Haysmon to have a chat with the losing captain Kieron Pollard.

Aiden Markram, Player of the Match: I always want to score runs and make a difference. Luckily it went well today. For a majority of the time, we were good with the bat today. A lot of credit has to go to Quinton, he has played a lot of T20 cricket. He has played in all conditions and knows what to do. He was guiding me throughout and he has spent a lot of time on this wicket. He had a great series on these tough wickets. It was only a matter of time before he got going, he's a class player. Credit to the fielding coach, he puts us through the yards. The attitude of the players towards Justin Ontong as the fielding coach has been great to see. He keeps raising the bar and it is exciting to see.

Wiaan Mulder: It's incredible, the boys were excited to come to the West Indies and play probably the best side in the world. To win a series here is pretty incredible. Those are really two big players - Russell and Pollard. I was quite nervous. Pollard kept giving me a bit of stare down. That was a bit of turning point in the game. We needed to take a couple of wickets and luckily it was my opportunity today. We thought it was probably par. We thought they'd have to bat well to get the runs. We also knew we had to bowl well. Shami showed why he's the best in the world and it was pretty much a team effort. Everybody got wickets today. For South Africa, it's a great start, we are trying to rebuild, lot of young guys in our set-up in the Test team as well as the T20s. Beating the World Champions is always special.