SA vs NZ T20 World Cup 2026 Full Highlights: The 24th league match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between New Zealand and South Africa at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. By winning the match by 7 wickets, Africa scored a hat-trick of wins in the tournament. This was Africa’s fifth consecutive win against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup. Pace bowling all-rounder Marco Yanson and captain Aidan Markram made important contributions in helping Africa win.

Bowling first, Yanson took the maximum of 4 wickets for Africa. He made Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra and Mark Champman his victims. While batting, captain Markram played the biggest innings for the team and scored 86* runs in 44 balls with the help of 8 fours and 4 sixes.

condition of competition

In the match, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl. This decision of the Proteas team proved to be absolutely right for them. New Zealand, who came to bat first, scored 175/7 runs on the board in 20 overs. Mark Champman played the biggest innings for the team and scored 48 runs at a strike rate of 184.62.

Africa’s one-sided victory in run chase

The African team, which came on the field for the run chase, won at the loss of only 3 wickets in 17.1 overs. Africa achieved the big chase of 170 runs with 17 balls remaining. At no time in the chase did it seem that the African team was far away from victory.

Aiden Markram and Quinton De Kock, who opened for Africa, made a partnership of 62 runs in just 28 balls for the first wicket. This partnership had almost made it clear that now the competition has gone to Africa’s account. Then Markram and Ryan Rickleton made a partnership of 40 runs in 18 balls for the second wicket. After this, Markram along with Dewald Brevis added 29 runs in 24 balls for the third wicket. After this, Markram along with Miller made a partnership of 47* (33 balls) and helped the team cross the victory line.