South Africa beat the West Indies by 9 wickets in an all-important Super 8 clash of the 2026 T20 World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The Proteas won the toss and elected to field first. A loss for the West Indies means a potential knockout for the side in their next game against India.
South Africa, after this win have almost secured their semi-final spot. The Windies will have one match left against the Men in Blue, and the equation is simple for the 2016 T20 World Cup champions: they need to win against India at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Sunday, 1st March.
Firstly, they would hope that India loses against Zimbabwe today incase West Indies fail to win against India on Sunday, so the net run rate will come into place and they would qualify in that scenario, having a better run rate than the Men in Blue. This second scenario is tough as an upset is rarely to happen.
Coming to the match the Windies opener Shai Hope and Brandon King started very well. However, a collapse at the start as Kagiso Rabada came into bowl in the third over. From 28/0 to 43/4, the Caribbean batters were left stunned by the Proteas pacer.
Rabada led the charge with two wickets in his first over. West Indies were struggling at the score of 83/7 when Romario Shephard came into bat with Jason Holder being their at the crease.
Record for West Indies
The two batters got settled in and took charge against the Protea bowlers. They stitched a partnership of 89 runs for the 8th wicket as it became the highest 8th wicket partnership ever in T20 WC history. Their partnership helped the Windies team to post a defendable total of 176/8.
Romario Shephard scored 52 off 37 balls, smashing three fours and four sixes, and Holder scored 49 off 31 balls, hitting four boundaries and three sixes. Lungi Ngidi was yet again the pick of the bowlers for the side, with 3/30.
Aiden Markram led the charge for South Africa
Coming out to chase, Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock were off to a flyer. The former was the aggressor, scoring at a good pace. It was all Aiden Makram till the five overs, and in the final over of the powerplay, de Kock joined the party, smashing Shamar Joseph for 16 runs off the over and finishing the powerplay with the score of 69/0.
The two after that never looked to slow down, and they were targeting every bowler and putting them under pressure. However, after smashing Roston Chase for a six and four in the 8th over, de Kock fell against the off-spinner on the score of 47 off 24 deliveries, hitting four boundaries and as many sixes.
The two posted a partnership of 95 runs for the first wicket. Makram brought up his third fifty of the tournament in just 27 balls. Aiden Markram was unbeaten in the run chase on the big occasion and scored 82* off 46 balls, and took his team through the line chasing the target in just 16.1 overs. Ryan Rickelton scored 45 off 28 balls.
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