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In the 9th match of T-20 World Cup 2026, South Africa cricket team made a positive start to its campaign by defeating Canada cricket team by 57 runs. In the match held at Narendra Modi Stadium, the Proteas team batted first and scored 213/4, which included Aiden Markram’s half-century (59). In reply, the Canadian team could only score 156/8 after playing the entire over. Let’s take a look at the records made in the match.
Statement of account
South African team won in this way
Markram and Quinton de Kock (25) from South Africa added 70 runs for the first wicket. After this, Ryan Rickelton (33), David Miller (39*) and Tristan Stubbs (34*) together took the team’s score beyond 200. In reply, Canada’s openers Dilpreet Bajwa (0) and Yuvraj Samra (12) were out cheaply. After this Navneet Dhaliwal (64) and Harsh Thakar (32) struggled, but could not win.
Markram scored a half century
Markram batted aggressively, due to which South Africa scored 66 runs in the powerplay without losing any wicket. He completed his half-century in 28 balls against the Canadian bowlers. He was out after scoring 59 runs on 32 balls. In his half-century innings, he hit 10 fours and one six. This was the fourth 50+ run inning from Markram’s bat in the history of T20 World Cup.
bowling
Lungi Ngidi took 4 wickets, became player of the match
Ngidi, who came to bowl the first over, dismissed opposition captain Dilpreet Bajwa (0) on the very first ball. This right-arm fast bowler pushed the Canadian team on the backfoot by taking the wickets of Samra (12) and Nicholas Kirton (4) in his second over. He showed the way to the pavilion to Harsh Thakar (33) in his last over. He took these 4 wickets while giving 31 runs in his 4 overs. He was chosen player of the match.
Navneet Dhaliwal
Navneet Dhaliwal scored a half century
Navneet Dhaliwal scored the 10th half-century of his T20 international career. He was out after scoring 64 runs on 49 balls. In his innings he hit 7 fours and 1 six. He made a partnership of 69 runs with Thakar for the 5th wicket. He scored 1,261 runs in 46 T20 Internationals at an average of 33.18 and a strike rate of 129.33. Meanwhile, he scored 10 half-centuries with the highest score of 70* runs.
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