West Indies had a target of 175 runs to win, which they achieved with 4 wickets lost and 5 balls to spare. Chris Gayle played a brilliant innings of 70 runs in 40 balls at a strike rate of 175. Apart from Gayle, Chadwick Walton also performed well and scored an unbeaten 56 runs in 29 balls to help the West Indies champions achieve the target in the last over.

However, the highlight of this match was Chris Gayle's batting. 44-year-old Gayle smashed six towering sixes and four fours to destroy the bowling attack of the South African champions. Gayle showed through his batting that the lion is definitely getting old with time but has not forgotten how to hunt. Gayle was also selected for the Player of the Match award for his stormy innings.

Talking about this match, South African team batted first and scored 174 runs in 20 overs by losing 5 wickets. At one point, South African team had lost 5 wickets at a score of 93 in 14.1 overs and it seemed that it would be difficult for the team to score even 150 runs but then Dan Vilas, who came to bat at number 7, played a stormy innings of 44 runs in 17 balls and took his team past 170. Vilas also hit 4 fours and 3 sixes during his innings but Chris Gayle's innings overshadowed his innings.