T20 World Cup 2026: West Indies’ dominance in Super 8, Shepherd-Holder’s explosive innings gave lead of 177 runs

In the Super-8 round of T20 World Cup 2026, the match between West Indies and South Africa was played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Batting first, West Indies scored 176 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs.

South African captain Aiden Markram won the toss and invited to bat first. West Indies did not have a good start, with captain Shai Hope getting out after scoring only 16 runs. After this, in-form Shimron Hetmyer also became the victim of Kagiso Rabada after scoring just 2 runs. Brandon King returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs in 11 balls, while Rovman Powell could score 9 runs and Roston Chase could score only 2 runs. Sherfane Rutherford was caught by Quinton de Kock after scoring 12 runs.

Important partnership between Holder and Shepherd

After 7 wickets fell for 83 runs, Jason Holder and Romario Shepherd took charge. Both of them made an important partnership of 89 runs for the eighth wicket. Holder scored 49 runs in 31 balls and was run out, while Shepherd batted brilliantly and played a strong innings of 52 runs in 37 balls. Shepherd hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in his innings.

South African bowling

In bowling, Lungi Ngidi took 3 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs for South Africa. Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets for 22 runs and Corbin Bosch took 2 wickets for 31 runs in 4 overs.

full squads of teams

The South African team included Quinton de Kock, Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj and Lungi Ngidi along with captain Aiden Markram. The West Indies team is playing under the captaincy of Shai Hope with Brandon King, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Matthew Ford, Gudakesh Moti and Shamar Joseph.

Now the competition is challenging for South Africa

This innings of West Indies has set a challenging target of 177 runs for South Africa. Now it remains to be seen how successfully South Africa is able to achieve this target in the Super-8 match.