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South Africa vs Canada Highlights: South Africa has started its journey in the T20 World Cup 2026 with a big victory. It has won over Canada by 57 runs. In this match played in Ahmedabad, Canada won the toss and chose to bowl first. South Africa, who came to bat first, scored 213 runs, in response the Canadian team could score only 156 runs. Navneet Dhaliwal kept fighting till the end and played a half-century inning of 64 runs.
Captain Aiden Markram played a stormy half-century of 59 runs in 32 balls for South Africa, who came to bat first. Ryan Rickleton also contributed 33 runs. The team’s veteran batsman David Miller looked in good form, scoring 39 runs in an innings studded with 3 sixes. Tristan Stubbs played an inning of 34 runs in 19 balls. Ansh Patel took maximum 3 wickets for Canada.
This Indian kept fighting till the end
There are many cricketers of Indian origin in the Canadian cricket team. Captain Dilpreet Bajwa was out on the very first ball of his innings. Yuvraj Samra went on after scoring 12 runs. A big innings was expected from Nicholas Kirton, but he was out after scoring only 4 runs.
India-born Navneet Dhaliwal kept fighting till the end, who scored an inning of 64 runs in 49 balls. He hit 7 fours and one six in this innings. Harsh Thaker saved his team from being all out on a low score by contributing 33 runs. Lungi Ngidi took the most wickets for South Africa, who took 4 wickets. Marco Yansen took 2 wickets and Kagiso Rabada also took one wicket.
On the basis of this big victory, South Africa has reached the top of the points table of Group D. There is another strong team in the same group in the form of New Zealand.
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