T20 World Cup 2026: Team India’s ‘shameful’ defeat in Ahmedabad, South Africa won by 76 runs in Super-8

By Samira Vishwas On Feb 23, 2026

Ahmedabad. After brilliant innings by David Miller (63), Dewald Brewis (45) and Tristan Stubbs (44 not out), thanks to the excellent performance of Marco Janson (four wickets) and Keshav Maharaj (three wickets), South Africa defeated India by 76 runs in the Super Eight match of the T-20 World Cup on Sunday. Chasing the target of 179 runs, the Indian team had a bad start and lost five wickets till the score of 51 runs.

Ishan Kishan (zero), Tilak Verma (one), Abhishek Sharma (15), Washington Sundar (11) and Suryakumar Yadav were out after scoring 18 runs. After this Shivam Dubey and Hardik Pandya tried to handle the innings. Keshav Maharaj broke this partnership by dismissing Hardik Pandya (18) in the 15th over. In the same over, he put India on the back foot by dismissing Rinku Singh (0) and Arshdeep Singh (1).

Marco Jansson gave South Africa its ninth success by dismissing Shivam Dubey in the 19th over. Shivam Dubey scored 42 runs in 37 balls, hitting one four and three sixes. On the fifth ball of the same over, Yanson dismissed Jasprit Bumrah (0), ending the Indian innings at the score of 111 runs and winning the match by 76 runs.

After brilliant innings by David Miller (63), Dewald Brewis (45) and Tristan Stubbs (44 not out), thanks to the excellent performance of Marco Janson (four wickets) and Keshav Maharaj (three wickets), South Africa defeated India by 76 runs in the Super Eight match of the T-20 World Cup on Sunday. Chasing the target of 179 runs, the Indian team had a bad start and lost five wickets till the score of 51 runs.

Earlier, with the help of brilliant innings of David Miller (63), Dewald Brewis (45) and Tristan Stubbs (44 not out), South Africa set a challenging score of 178 runs for seven wickets against India in the Super Eight match of the T-20 World Cup on Sunday. Today here South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. South Africa, who came to bat, had a bad start and lost three wickets at the score of 20.

Quinton de Kock (six), captain Aiden Markram (four) and Ryan Rickleton (seven) were out after scoring runs. At such a time of crisis, the pair of David Miller and Dewald Brewis handled the innings. South Africa made a comeback in the match by adding 93 runs for the fourth wicket between the two batsmen. Shivam Dubey broke this partnership by dismissing Dewald Brevis in the 13th over.

Dewald Brevis played an inning of 45 runs in 29 balls, hitting three fours and three sixes. Varun Chakraborty caught David Miller in the 16th over. David Miller played an innings of 63 runs in 35 balls, hitting seven fours and three sixes. Marco Janson (two) was dismissed by Arshdeep Singh in the 18th over. In the very next over, Jasprit Bumrah sent Corbin Bosch (five) caught out on his own ball to the pavilion.

South Africa scored a challenging score of 187 runs for seven wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Tristan Stubbs played an unbeaten inning of 44 runs in 24 balls, hitting one four and three sixes. For India, Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets and Arshdeep Singh took two wickets. Varun Chakraborty and Shivam Dubey dismissed one batsman each.

Teams :

South Africa (Playing XI): Aiden Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ryan Rickleton, Dewald Brewis, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Marco Yanson, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty.