Quinton de Kock Equaled MS Dhoni Big World Record: The start of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 was nothing special with the bat for South Africa’s star wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock, but while keeping wickets, he has equaled the world record of former Indian captain MS Dhoni. Quinton took two catches behind the wicket in the match against Canada. With this, he has equaled MS Dhoni’s world record of most victims in the T20 World Cup. This was De Kock’s 32nd dismissal behind the wicket, while Dhoni had also made the same number of dismissals in his T20 International career. Now De Kock is one step away from creating history and he can create a new world record in the very next match.

Top 5 wicketkeepers with most dismissals in T20 World Cup

Talking about the players who have made the most dismissals as a wicketkeeper in the history of T20 World Cup, in the top-5, Pakistan’s Kamran Akmal is third, West Indies’ Denesh Ramdin is fourth and former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara and former England captain Jos Buttler are jointly at fifth position.

Most dismissals as a wicketkeeper in T20 World Cup

• Quinton de Kock – 32* out
• MS Dhoni – 32 out
• Kamran Akmal – 30 out
• Denesh Ramdin – 27 out
• Kumar Sangakkara – 26 out
• Jos Buttler – 26 out

South Africa defeated Canada by 57 runs

South Africa had a great start against Canada in the T20 World Cup 2026. Batting first, the Proteas team scored 213 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Aiden Markram scored a brilliant half-century and played an innings of 59 runs. Apart from them, Ryan Richelton scored 33 runs, David Miller scored 39 not out off 23 balls and Tristan Stubbs scored 34 not out off 19 balls. Ansh Patel shone in bowling for Canada, who took 3 wickets for 31 runs. In reply, while chasing the target of 214 runs, the Canadian team was able to score 156 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Navneet Dhaliwal played a brilliant inning of 64 runs, but he did not get support from any other batsman from the other end.

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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