T-20 World Cup Inauguration

The first match of the T-20 ICC Cricket World Cup saw one of the best match. The West Indies losing the toss was sent in to bat first by the South Africans. Chris Gayle the opening batsmen showed no mercy against the bowlers and scored a century. A century in a twenty overs each side a match is not a small thing. He hit every bowlers and hit the ball across the boundry via air more than via ground. This is probably the first ton hit by any batsmen in a twenty twenty cricket match. Though Gayle laid a solid platform for the bowlers to defend the score the West Indians went on to lose the match. Bad fielding by the West Indians was the only reason for the loss. Hershelle Gibbs shone from the winning team who played a good inning of 9 plus runs and not out as well. Finally the man of the match was awarded to Chris Gayle though his contribution was not enough for the team's victory but he deserved the man of the match award. The favorite and the home team made a good start to this tournament as they chased a very descent total of 200 plus runs in a twenty twenty cricket match. There are a lot of other blasts and paces in the South African Cricket grounds to be witnessed for a couple of more days.