Aiden Markram’s captaincy innings and Marco Jansen’s attack, South Africa registered a big win by defeating New Zealand.

South Africa vs New Zealand: The match between South Africa and New Zealand was played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After winning the toss, Aiden Markram chose to bowl first, after which New Zealand scored 175 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target, thanks to the brilliant innings of captain Markram, South Africa won the match by 7 wickets and secured their place in the Super 8.

New Zealand’s innings was ordinary

New Zealand, who came to bat first after losing the toss, got a good start, but the batsmen could not convert it into a big score. Tim Seifert scored 13 runs, while Finn Allen played a useful inning of 31 runs. After this, Mark Chapman took over the responsibility and added 48 runs and Daryl Mitchell contributed 32 runs. In the last overs, James Neesham tried to control the team by scoring unbeaten 23 runs.

The power of South African bowlers

However, the rest of the batsmen could not play big innings, due to which the New Zealand team could score only 175 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Marco Jansen was the most successful bowler for South Africa and took 4 wickets. Lungi Ngidi, Keshav Maharaj and Corbin Bosch also played an important role in putting the team in a strong position by taking one wicket each.

great chase

South Africa, chasing the target of 176 runs, got a solid start. Quinton de Kock gave momentum to the team by scoring 20 runs. After this, captain Aiden Markram took the responsibility and scored unbeaten 86 runs in 44 balls, which included 8 fours and 4 sixes.

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Ryan Rickelton and Dewald Brewis added 21 runs each to stabilize the innings. In the end David Miller ensured the victory by scoring 24 not out. South Africa won the match by 7 wickets and secured a place in the Super 8 and became the first team to do so. For New Zealand, Lockie Ferguson, James Neesham and Rachin Ravindra took one wicket each, but they could not stop the team from winning.