WI Vs SA Super-8 Live: In the battle of all-rounder vs all-rounder, Shepard-Holder saved the honor of West Indies, Yanson got a good beating

WI vs SA Super-8 Live: The most high-voltage match of the Super-8 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 is being played today at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where South Africa and West Indies are face to face. Not only is the picture of Group-1 going to be clear to a great extent on this match, but Indian cricket fans are also keeping a special eye on it, because it can have an impact on the future semi-final equations.

WI vs SA Super-8 Live: West Indies reached 176/8 thanks to Sheppard’s half-century

In the important match of Super-8, West Indies, batting first, scored a challenging score of 176 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. However, the beginning was not at all good for the Caribbean team. Within the powerplay, important batsmen like Brandon King (21), captain Shai Hope (16) and Shimron Hetmyer (2) returned to the pavilion, due to which the score was reduced to 52/4. The fast bowling of Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi completely shook the West Indies top order.

Rovman Powell and Roston Chase also could not play big innings in the middle order, but after this Jason Holder and Romario Sheppard took the responsibility of handling the innings. The important partnership between the two brought the run pace back on track. Holder played an aggressive inning of 49 runs in 31 balls, which included 4 fours and 3 sixes. Even after he was run out, Shepard stood firm.

Romario Shepard lasted till the end and scored unbeaten 52 runs in 37 balls. His innings included 3 fours and 4 sixes, which took West Indies beyond 170. Thanks to the quick runs scored in the last overs, the Caribbean team was able to reach a respectable score, which is now considered defendable for the bowlers.

WI vs SA Super-8 Live: Allrounder vs Allrounder; yanson’s class

The strong partnership of Jason Holder and Romario Sheppard has taken over the innings of West Indies. After the initial setbacks, both of them scored runs aggressively and brought the score to a respectable level. Marco Janson was heavily targeted in the 18th over, where the Holder-Romario Sheppard pair scored 23 runs. Both the batsmen played fearless strokes under pressure and took West Indies towards a strong finish.

WI vs SA Super-8 Live: Half a dozen players defeated by Proteas pace attack

South Africa’s pace attack seems to be completely dominant at the moment. Even after the powerplay, West Indies’ innings could not recover and half a dozen batsmen have returned to the pavilion. Kagiso Rabada bowled tightly and took 2 wickets, while Lungi Ngidi broke the back of the Caribbean batting by taking 3 important wickets with his pace and bounce. While Corbin Bosch took one wicket. After 11 overs, West Indies’ score is 86/7, but the continuous fall of wickets is increasing their problems.

WI vs SA Super-8 LIVE: South Africa’s dominance in powerplay

In the Super-8 match of ICC T20 World Cup 2026, South Africa has tightened its grip on West Indies in the powerplay itself. The decision to bowl first after winning the toss proved to be completely correct for Proteas captain Aiden Markram, as half of the West Indies batting collapsed in the first six overs.

At the end of the powerplay, West Indies’ score was 4 wickets for 52 runs. Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi attacked brilliantly with the new ball. Rabada broke the back of the middle order by sending captain Shai Hope and experienced Shimron Hetmyer to the pavilion, while Ngidi broke the rhythm of West Indies by taking the important wicket of aggressive looking Brandon King.

Although Brandon King gave a good start by playing a quick inning of 21 runs in 11 balls, but as soon as he was out, the Caribbean team came under pressure. After the initial setbacks, the run rate remained fine, but the process of falling wickets could not be stopped.

After the powerplay, now the entire onus is on Rovman Powell and Sherfane Rutherford, while South Africa’s eyes are set on taking more wickets in the next few overs and taking complete control of the match.

WI vs SA Super-8 Live: Kagiso Rabada wreaks havoc

West Indies have had a very bad start in the Super-8 match being played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada attacked brilliantly with the new ball and gave two big blows to the Caribbean team in the initial overs. Brandon King lost his wicket in the first overs itself and after some time captain Shai Hope also returned to the pavilion after falling victim to Rabada’s sharp ball.

Fall of two consecutive wickets has affected the run rate of West Indies and increased the pressure on the middle order. At the same time, the South African team seems to be completely dominating the field and after the initial success, the bowlers are continuously maintaining aggressive line-length.

WI vs SA Super-8 Live: Proteas beaten in the very first over

Keshav Maharaj bowled the first over of the match, which proved to be very costly. West Indies captain Shai Hope presented an example of explosive batting and scored 17 runs in the very first over with his partner Brandon King.

WI vs SA Super-8 Live: Toss Update

South African captain Aiden Markram won the toss and decided to bowl first. Markram said dew could play a crucial role at night and his team feels comfortable chasing the target.

Changes in playing XI

South Africa has not made any changes in its winning playing-11. West Indies, in an important reshuffle, has included Roston Chase in the playing eleven in place of Akil Hussain, which is expected to provide additional strength to their batting.

Great start for both teams in Super-8

Both the teams seem to be in great form in the Super-8 stage.

• South Africa India gave a big message in the tournament by defeating India by 76 runs in its first Super-8 match.
• There itself west indies made their intentions clear by registering a huge win of 107 runs against Zimbabwe.

In such a situation, the team that wins today’s match will be very close to reaching the semi-finals.

WI vs SA Head-to-Head Record

A total of 26 matches have been played between the two teams in T20 International so far—

• west indies has won 14 matches
• South Africa has 12 wins in his account

However, in the history of the T20 World Cup, the scale is tilting in favor of the Proteas.

• SA against WI in T20 World Cup 4 out of 5 matches have won
• West Indies’ only win 2016 nagpur I came in

Which players will keep an eye on?

• South Africa: Quinton de Kock, David Miller, Keshav Maharaj and Lungi Ngidi
• West Indies: Shai Hope, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder and Shimron Hetmyer

This match is not just a battle of two points, but a battle for direct entry into the semi-finals. After winning the toss and choosing to bowl first, the Proteas have put the pressure on West Indies. Now it will be interesting to see how the Caribbean batsmen face this challenge.

Playing of both teams XI

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

West Indies (Playing XI):
Brandon King, Shai Hope (captain and wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Matthew Forde, Roston Chase, Gudakesh Moti, Shamar Joseph.

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