South Africa’s victory, Team India’s silver, West Indies’ defeat removes the shadow of NRR from India’s head.

T20 World Cup 2026 Semi-Final Scenario: In the T20 World Cup 2026, the South African team under the captaincy of Aiden Markram has taken strong steps towards the semi-finals. After defeating India by 76 runs, South Africa defeated West Indies by 9 wickets in the Super-8 match on Thursday. West Indies set a target of 177 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, which South Africa achieved by losing just one wicket in 16.1 overs. In Group-1, South Africa has reached the top of the table with four points from two matches, while West Indies has two points from two matches. With this defeat, the pressure of net run rate has reduced for India and now Team India will have to win both its remaining matches to reach the semi-finals. India’s next match will be against Zimbabwe and then against West Indies on March 1.

Aiden Markram became player of the match

The hero of South Africa’s victory was captain Aiden Markram, who played a brilliant inning of 82 not out in 46 balls. He hit seven fours and four sixes and scored more than 50 for the third time in the tournament. Markram gave a strong start to the team by making a partnership of 95 runs for the first wicket with Quinton de Kock. De Kock missed his half-century after scoring 47 runs in 24 balls. After this, Markram and Ryan Rickelton made an unbroken partnership of 82 runs and led the team to victory. Rickelton scored unbeaten 45 runs in 28 balls.

West Indies lost five wickets in 60 runs

Batting first, West Indies scored 176 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. The team had a very bad start and five wickets fell for 60 runs within seven overs. However, thanks to Romario Shepherd’s unbeaten 52 runs and Jason Holder’s 49 runs, there was a record partnership of 89 runs for the eighth wicket, which allowed the team to reach a respectable score.

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Lungi Ngidi’s lethal bowling

South African bowlers maintained pressure from the beginning. Kagiso Rabada took two wickets, while Lungi Ngidi bowled brilliantly and took three important wickets and completely shook the West Indies top order. At one time West Indies’ score was 83 runs for seven wickets and the team was in trouble. In such a situation, Holder and Shepherd took over the innings by adding 89 runs in 57 balls. Holder took the team to a strong score by scoring 22 runs in one over of Marco Yansen, although he was run out in the last over.