NZ vs SA: The 24th match of the T20 World Cup 2026 between New Zealand and South Africa is being played at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. In this match, South African captain Aiden Markram won the toss and invited New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner to bat first. Batting first, New Zealand scored 175 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Mark Chapman played a brilliant innings for the team and Marco Jansen took 4 wickets.
Marco Jansen gave initial shock to New Zealand
In this match, Finn Allen and Tim Seifert came to open the innings for New Zealand. Both of them added 33 runs for the first wicket in 3.2 overs. The first blow to the team came in the form of Seifert, after scoring 13 runs, he was caught by Quinton de Kock behind the wicket on the ball of Marco Jansen. After this, Rachin Ravindra became the second victim of Marco Jansen on the personal score of 13 runs and returned to the pavilion after giving a wicket to David Miller.
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β Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) February 14, 2026
New Zealand got its third blow in the form of Finn Allen. Allen was caught by Captain Markram on the 5th ball of the 5th over off the ball of Marco Jansen. Along with this, Marco Jansen gave three out of three starts to New Zealand. New Zealand’s fourth wicket went in the form of Glenn Phillips. He was clean bowled by Keshav Maharaj on the personal score of 1 run.
Daryl Mitchell and Mark Chapman played brilliant innings
After this, Daryl Mitchell took over the innings with Mark Chapman and reached 140. For the team, Chapman played an inning of 48 runs in 26 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes. His innings was ended by Marco Jansen getting caught out by Ryan Rickelton. For New Zealand, Mitchell played an inning of 32 runs in 23 balls with 2 fours and 1 six.
Marco Jansen took 4 wickets
Apart from these two, captain Mitchell Santner scored 4 runs, James Neesham scored 23 runs and Matt Henry scored 9 runs for the team. For South Africa, Marco Jansen took the maximum of 4 wickets, while Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi and Corbin Bosch took 1 wicket each.
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), James Neesham, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy
South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jensen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi.
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