T20 World Cup: A Super-8 match was played between India and South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2026. In this match, India had to face defeat by 76 runs. This was Team India’s first defeat in this World Cup. With this, the winning streak of the last 12 matches in the T20 World Cup for Team India has also stopped. In this match, South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, the African team scored 187 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. In reply, the Indian team was all out after scoring 111 runs in 18.5 overs. This is a big defeat for Team India in terms of runs in the T20 World Cup.
David Miller and Dewald Brewis batted brilliantly for South Africa.
South Africa did not have a good start in this match. Their top order batsman Aiden Markram scored 4 runs, Quinton de Kock scored 6 runs and Ryan Rickelton scored 7 runs. After three wickets fell quickly, there was a partnership of 97 runs in 50 balls between David Miller and Dewald Brewis for the fourth wicket. Brewis scored 45 runs on 29 balls. In this innings he hit three fours and three sixes. Whereas David Miller scored 63 runs in 35 balls. He hit seven fours and three sixes. Apart from these two, Tristan Stubbs scored unbeaten 44 runs in 24 balls. Apart from these, other African batsmen could not even reach double digit scores. Jasprit Bumrah took maximum 3 wickets in bowling for India. Whereas Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets.
India’s top order batsmen disappointed
India did not have a good start at all in the run chase. Ishan Kishan returned to the pavilion without opening his account in this match. He faced 4 balls. Abhishek Sharma, who was out on a duck in the last three matches, scored 15 runs on 12 balls in this match. Tilak scored 1 run on 2 balls in this match. Captain Suryakumar Yadav also played a slow innings in this match. He scored 18 runs on 22 balls. Sundar contributed 11 runs, while Hardik contributed 18 runs. Indian batsmen disappointed in this match. Shivam Dubey scored the most runs for India in this match. He played an inning of 42 runs in 37 balls. In bowling for South Africa, Marco Jensen took 4 wickets and Keshav Maharaj took 3 wickets.
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