South Africa on the threshold of semi-finals, crushed West Indies by 9 wickets

SA vs WI: The first match of the T20 World Cup 2026 was played on Thursday between South Africa and West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, South Africa performed brilliantly and won by 9 wickets in a one-sided manner. With this victory, South Africa has almost confirmed its place in the semi-finals.

West Indies batsmen on backfoot

In this match, South Africa won the toss and invited the Caribbean team to bat first. West Indies, who came to bat first, had a very bad start and lost 7 wickets for 83 runs.

After this, Jason Holder and Romario Shepherd, who came to bat at number seven, took charge and made an important partnership of 89 runs in 57 balls for the eighth wicket. Thanks to the innings of Holder (49) and Shepherd (52), West Indies scored 176 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Lungi Ngidi took maximum 3 wickets for South Africa.

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Aiden Markram played captaincy innings

Chasing the target of 177 runs given by West Indies, the South African team achieved the target by losing one wicket in just 16.1 overs, thanks to the captaincy innings of Aiden Markram. Chasing the target, the pair of Markram and Quinton de Kock gave a strong start to the team and added 95 runs for the first wicket. During this, De Kock played a brilliant inning of 47 runs in 24 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes. Captain Markram played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 82 runs in 46 balls with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes and played an important role in the team’s victory. Apart from De Kock and Markram, Ryan Rickelton played an unbeaten inning of 45 runs in 28 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes.