New Delhi. In the first Super-8 match of T20 World Cup 2024, South Africa team won over America by 18 runs. The hero of the victory was Quinton de Kock, who gave a strong start to the African team by scoring 74 runs in 40 balls. American batsman Andries Gous also batted well in this match. But he could not make the team win the match. However, despite the defeat, he is being praised everywhere.
Andries Gaus was born in South Africa. He used to play first class cricket for the African team. But due to not getting a chance in international cricket, he shifted to America and started playing cricket from this country. Talking about international career, Andrews has played 10 T20 International matches for America so far. During this period he has scored a total of 343 runs. Which also includes 4 half-centuries. He is performing amazingly in the World Cup 2024 also.
Ghaus’s domestic cricket career has been amazing. He has scored more than 5000 runs here. Gaus has so far played 60 first class, 57 List A and 56 T20 matches. During this period he has scored 3746, 1861 and 1418 runs respectively. Has scored a total of 11 centuries and 21 half-centuries. Gaus played an inning of 80 runs in 47 balls in the match against South Africa. During his innings he hit 5 fours and 5 sixes.
After losing the toss, the South African team came out to bat first. After batting against America in the stipulated 20 overs, this team scored 194 runs at the loss of four wickets. After De Kock, Aiden Markram scored the second highest number of runs. He played an innings of 46 runs in 32 balls. While chasing, America’s team could score only 176 runs in 20 overs.
Tags: ICC T20 World Cup, T20 World Cup, United States of America
FIRST PUBLISHED: June 20, 2024, 10:57 IST