ICC T20 World Cup: South Africa gets Super 8 ticket, Yansen and Markram shine in victory against New Zealand

Ahmedabad14 February. With the help of career best performance of Marco Janson (4-40) and captain Aiden Markram (86 not out, 44 balls, four sixes, six fours), South Africa achieved its third consecutive win by defeating New Zealand by seven wickets with 17 balls remaining in the important match of Group D of ICC T20 World Cup here on Saturday and got the ticket for Super 8 for the first time.

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New Zealand, forced to bat first at the Narendra Modi Stadium, scored 175 runs for seven wickets. In reply, South Africa achieved the target by losing three wickets in 17.1 overs. South Africa has the maximum six points in the group of five teams.

A stunning knock from Aiden Markram powers South Africa to a thumping win over New Zealand

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Mark sheet

The Proteas, who have defeated Canada and Afghanistan in their first two matches, will now meet UAE in the final match. This was New Zealand’s first defeat after defeating Afghanistan and UAE and they are in second place with four points from three matches.

South Africa crossed the 100-run mark in the first 8 overs

Talking about South African innings, Markram gave his best performance in T20 International with a stormy fifty. He completed the team’s century of runs within the first eight overs by making a partnership of 62 runs in 28 balls with Quinton de Kock (nine runs) and 40 runs in 18 balls with Ryan Rickelton.

Marco Jansen’s efficient display helped South Africa to a comprehensive win in Ahmedabad

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Chapman and Daryl Mitchell added 74 runs in 44 balls.

Earlier, on the basis of a partnership of 74 runs on 44 balls for the fifth wicket between Mark Chapman (48, 26 balls, two sixes, six fours) and Daryl Mitchell (32 runs, 24 balls, one six, two fours), New Zealand recovered from a bad start and achieved a challenging score.

score card

After Chapman and Mitchell, the third highest scorer was Finn Allen (31 runs, 17 balls, two sixes, four fours). Apart from Yansen, who took the figure of four wickets for the first time in T20 International, Lungi Ngidi, Keshav Maharaj and Corbin Bosh also shared three wickets among themselves.