Delhi:South Africa Champions gave a brilliant performance of their batting and bowling in the World Championship of Legends 2026 and defeated West Indies Champions by 97 runs. Batting first, South Africa scored a huge score of 242 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the entire West Indies team was reduced to 145 runs in 18.2 overs.
The heroes of South Africa's victory were Richard Levi and AB de Villiers. Both of them batted dangerously and hit a lot of fours and sixes on the field and entertained the fans a lot.
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Levi created havoc in 39 balls
South Africa made a brilliant comeback after Faf du Plessis was out for 14 runs. Richard Levi and AB de Villiers took complete control of the innings by adding 104 runs for the second wicket.
Levi scored 87 runs in just 39 balls. His innings included 5 fours and 8 sixes. His strike rate was 223.08. He completed his half-century in 27 balls. Levi was caught out by Lendl Simmons on the ball of Dave Mohammed on the score of 135.
De Villiers also showed his style
Along with Levi, AB de Villiers also batted dangerously against West Indies. De Villiers played an inning of 70 runs in 39 balls. He hit 4 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. He added 62 runs for the fourth wicket with Sarel Ervi.
AB DE VILLIERS SHOW IN WCL 🐐 – AB smashed 70 runs from just 39 balls, ruling WCL as always, the beast has arrived in Sharjah.
—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 4, 2026
Ervi was out after scoring 23 runs in 13 balls, while De Villiers became the victim of Dwayne Bravo in the last over of the innings. Morne Van Wyk remained unbeaten after scoring 17 runs.
Gayle scored 60 runs in 31 balls
West Indies, which set out to chase the huge target of 243 runs, did not have a good start. The team continued to suffer setbacks at regular intervals.
Chris Gayle once again gave hope and played a quick inning of 60 runs in just 31 balls. He hit 4 fours and 5 sixes, but he did not get much support from the other end due to continuous fall of wickets.
Marchant de Lange dismissed Lendl Simmons for 2 runs, while Imran Tahir sent Jermaine Blackwood to the pavilion for 9 runs. After this Aaron Phangiso bowled Chadwick Walton for 1 run.
Tahir broke his back by taking two wickets in one over.
The biggest shock in the West Indies innings came when Phangiso gave Chris Gayle out LBW. As soon as Gayle was out, the team's hopes of victory almost ended.
After this, Imran Tahir broke the back of West Indies by dismissing Ramon Reifer and Dwayne Bravo in the same over. At that time West Indies' score was only 84 runs for 6 wickets.
Brathwaite's efforts went in vain
Carlos Brathwaite gave some hope by scoring 29 runs in 13 balls. His innings included 3 sixes, but Robert Frylink ended his innings.
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After this, South Africa quickly took the remaining wickets and West Indies' innings ended at 145 runs.
Imran Tahir and Aaron Phangiso took 3-3 wickets for South Africa. Tahir gave 24 runs for 3 wickets, while Phangiso spent 49 runs. Robert Frylink got 2 wickets.
FAQ
By how many runs did South Africa Champions beat West Indies Champions by how many runs?
South Africa Champions beat West Indies Champions by 97 runs. Batting first, South Africa scored 242/5, in response to which the West Indies team was all out for 145 runs.
Which players made the biggest contribution to the victory of South African Champions?
Richard Levi scored 87 runs in 39 balls and AB de Villiers scored 70 runs in 39 balls. In bowling, Imran Tahir and Aaron Phangiso played an important role in wrapping up the West Indies innings by taking 3-3 wickets.