Quinton de Kock slams 43-ball century in 2nd T20I:South Africa defeat West Indies by 7 wickets; chased 222 runs in 17.3 overs

South Africa won the series by defeating West Indies in the second T20 match. In this match played at SuperSport Park, South Africa easily achieved the huge target of 222 runs thanks to Quinton de Kock's stormy century. Playing his first T20 International on home soil after nearly three years, de Kock completed his century in just 43 balls. South Africa won this match with 15 balls remaining. De Kock hit 10 sixes in his innings of 115 runs Quinton de Kock put pressure on Caribbean bowlers right from the start of the match. He played 49 balls in his innings of 115 runs, which included 10 sixes and 6 fours. De Kock completed his fifty in just 21 balls and converted it into a century in the next 22 balls. Throughout the innings, he played only 8 dot balls. This is his second century in his T20 career. With this, he also completed his 12,000 runs in T20 cricket and became the highest T20 run-scorer for South Africa, surpassing Faf du Plessis. 162-run partnership with Ryan Rickelton De Kock got strong support from Ryan Rickelton for the second wicket. Together they put up a 162-run partnership in just 72 balls. Coming in to bat at number 3, Rickelton played his career-best innings, scoring a fifty in 25 balls. He remained unbeaten on 77 runs. This is the fifth time on this ground that a team has successfully chased a target of more than 200. 115-run partnership between Brandon King and Hetmyer for the second wicket West Indies, who batted first, had a brilliant start. Brandon King (27 runs off 11 balls) and Shimron Hetmyer together took the team's score to 115 runs in the first 10 overs. Sherfane Rutherford played explosive innings in the final overs. He scored 57 runs off just 24 balls, helping West Indies post a score of 221 runs. The Caribbean team added 76 runs in the last 5 overs. Keshav Maharaj turned the match in middle overs At one point it seemed West Indies would cross 250, but Keshav Maharaj dismissed Rovman Powell and then Shimron Hetmyer in the 15th over to halt West Indies' run rate. Between the 12th and 16th overs, West Indies scored only 27 runs and lost 3 wickets. Poor fielding proved costly for the West Indies West Indies bowlers and fielders couldn't handle the pressure. Jayden Seales dropped an easy catch of Ryan Rickelton at short third man when he was on just 17 runs. Additionally, Brandon King had scored 24 runs in one over of Anrich Nortje, but later Caribbean bowlers failed to stop de Kock's storm.