West Indies struggle to go past South Africa – win by three wickets with two balls to spare
27th Match, Super 10 Group 1: South Africa v West Indies at Nagpur – Mar 25, 2016 – South Africa 122/8 (20/20 ov); West Indies 123/7 (19.4/20 ov) – West Indies won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
HM Amla and AM Phangiso were dismissed run out for 1 and 4 respectively in this game to provide the 12th and 13th occasion of a South African batsman dismissed run out in WT20 and also HM Amla’s run out provides the third occasion of a South African opening batsman dismissed run out in WT20. The other two occasions are – JH Kallis for 24 against New Zealand at Lord’s on 09.06.09 and LF Bosman for a duck against Afghanistan at Bridgetown on 05.05.10.
RR Rossouw scored duck in this game to provide the 12th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a duck in WT20. He also became the fifth South African batsman to collect a second ball duck in WT20
ADS Fletcher was dismissed run out in this game to provide the seventh occasion of a West Indian batsman dismissed run out in WT20. It also provides the second occasion or a West Indies batsman batting at number three dismissed run out in WT20. The first such occasion was LMP Simmons’s run out batting at number three against Pakistan at Dhaka on 01.04.12
DJG Sammy collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of a West Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in WT20. It also provides the tenth occasion of a captain dismissed first ball for a duck in WT20 and also provides the first such occasion by a West Indian captain in WT20
West Indies won this game by three wickets with two balls to spare providing the seventh occasion of a team winning a WT20 game with exact two balls to spare. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Winner | Margin | BR | Target | Overs | Max | Oppn | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Pakistan | 2 wkts | 2 | 134 | 19.4 | 20.0 | RSA | Col-RPS | 28 Sep 2012 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 wkts | 2 | 109 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Ban | Chittagong | 20 Mar 2014 |
| 3 | India | 7 wkts | 2 | 130 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Win | Dhaka | 23 Mar 2014 |
| 4 | West Indies | 6 wkts | 2 | 179 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Aus | Dhaka | 28 Mar 2014 |
| 5 | Oman | 2 wkts | 2 | 155 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Ire | Dharamsala | 09 Mar 2016 |
| 6 | England | 2 wkts | 2 | 230 | 19.4 | 20.0 | RSA | Mumbai | 18 Mar 2016 |
| 7 | West Indies | 3 wkts | 2 | 123 | 19.4 | 20.0 | RSA | Nagpur | 25 Mar 2016 |
West Indies’ win by three wickets with two balls to spare provides its second such win in WT20. The first such occasion was its six wickets win with two balls to spare against Australia at Dhaka on 28.03.14
| No | Winner | Margin | BR | Target | Overs | Max | Oppn | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | West Indies | 6 wkts | 2 | 179 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Aus | Dhaka | 28 Mar 2014 |
| 2 | West Indies | 3 wkts | 2 | 123 | 19.4 | 20.0 | RSA | Nagpur | 25 Mar 2016 |