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In the 24th match of the T-20 World Cup 2026, the South Africa cricket team performed brilliantly and defeated the New Zealand cricket team by 7 wickets. This is the fifth consecutive time in the history of T20 World Cup that the Kiwi team has faced defeat against South Africa. The New Zealand team has not won against South Africa even once in this tournament. In such a situation, let us take a look at the records made in the match.
Statement of account
match account
South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. Mark Chapman scored the highest 48 runs for the Kiwi team. Daryl Mitchell scored 32 runs and Finn Allen scored 31 runs. New Zealand managed to score 175/7. Marco Janson took maximum 4 wickets. In reply, Aiden Markram (86*) played the captaincy innings for South Africa and his team achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in 17.1 overs.
Yanson’s bowling was like this
Yanson took 4 wickets after spending 40 runs in his quota of 4 overs. His economy rate was 10. This player made Tim Seifert (13), Finn Allen (31), Rachin Ravindra (13) and Mark Chapman (48) his victims. With his brilliant bowling, he completely destroyed New Zealand’s top order. Apart from them, Lungi Ngidi, Keshav Maharaj and Corbin Bosch got 1-1 success.
Yanson took 4 wicket haul for the first time
This was the first 4-wicket haul of Yanson’s T-20 international career. So far, this player has played 12 matches in the T-20 World Cup and has been successful in taking 14 wickets in his 12 innings at an average of 23.21. His economy rate was 7.52. For the 16th time, a South African bowler has taken 4 wickets in the T20 World Cup. Yanson has taken 29 wickets in 27 innings of his T20 international career.
Markram made this big record in his name
Markram completed his half-century in 19 balls. With this, he has become the fastest batsman to score the fastest half-century for South Africa in the history of T-20 World Cup. He has broken the record of wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock, who scored a half-century in just 21 balls against the England cricket team in the 2016 T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma and Dasun Shanaka have also scored half-centuries in 19 balls each in the T20 World Cup.
Captain who scored the fastest half-century in T20 World Cup
Markram has now also become the captain to score the joint fastest half-century in the T20 World Cup. He has equaled Rohit and Shanaka, who also scored half-centuries in 19 balls each. Mohammad Ashraful is at second place in this list. This former Bangladesh captain had scored a half-century in just 20 balls against the West Indies cricket team in 2007. Mahela Jayawardene had hit a fifty in 21 balls against Kenya.
Such was Markram’s innings and partnership.
Markram faced 44 balls and scored 86 runs. 8 fours and 4 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 195.45. He added 62 runs in just 28 balls with De Kock for the first wicket. After this, he made a partnership of 40 runs in just 18 balls with Ryan Rickelton for the third wicket. Along with David Miller, this player added 47 runs in 33 balls and led his team to victory.
Mark sheet
South Africa is in first place
This is the third victory of the South African team present in Group-D. The team led by Markram has reached the first position in this group. On the other hand, this is New Zealand’s first defeat. With this defeat, the Kiwi team has reached the second position in the table. UAE team is in third place with 1 win and 1 loss. At the same time, Afghanistan team is at fourth position with 2 losses and Canada is at 5th position.
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