Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten 86 off 44 balls and Marco Jansen took 4-40 as South Africa beat New Zealand by seven wickets of their ICC T20 World Cup 2026 showdown at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.
Mark Chapman hit 48 off 26 deliveries because the Black Caps posted 175-7, just for the Proteas to increase their excellent document in fashion, together with 50 off 19 balls from Markram.
South Africa at the moment are on the verge of reaching the Tremendous 8, whereas New Zealand stay in a powerful place to advance.
T20 World Cup: Why Markram lauds Jansen for South Africa
Markram described Marco Jansen as a “very completely different” problem for opposition groups. “[With his] left arm, [he’s] actually tall and bowls completely different sorts of deliveries, which is a giant energy for him and us,” Markram defined.
“We’ve obtained fairly a set and skilled batting order. We’ve seen how groups are attacking the powerplay and it might be foolish to not strive that.
“It’s not at all times going to come back off however it’s good when it does. It’s vital to acknowledge the actual fact we obtained on the precise facet of the toss.
“The ball got here on properly within the second innings however the boys nonetheless needed to put in an excellent efficiency. That’s the important thing [against New Zealand] – you’ve obtained to attempt to preserve your nerve.”
Mitch Santner on how New Zealand had been ‘below stress’
New Zealand captain Mitch Santner congratulated South Africa. “We had been at all times one wicket down at each stage and the overall was a bit under par,” he rued.
“You bought to be adapting right through on this event, taking part in on completely different wickets in India and Sri Lanka.
“We had been put below stress within the powerplay. In opposition to good groups, the one solution to gradual them down is by taking wickets within the powerplay. We began properly however we got here up towards an excellent group in the present day.”
New Zealand vs South Africa groups
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy
What’s subsequent for these groups? South Africa, New Zealand T20 cricket World Cup fixtures
South Africa are subsequent in World Cup motion towards the United Arab Emirates on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on Wednesday (05:30 GMT).
That recreation begins 24 hours after New Zealand’s Group D decider towards Canada begins on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
“We’ll do lots of video evaluation on Canada,” stated Santner. “There are not any simple video games on this event and that would be the similar towards Canada.”
New Zealand ICC T20 World Cup 2026 squad
Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway (wk), Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Kyle Jamieson, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi (Reserve: Ben Sears)
South Africa ICC T20 World Cup 2026 squad
Aiden Markram (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Jason Smith, Tristan Stubbs
