New Zealand has never been able to defeat South Africa in T20 World Cup history, know important things

Updated: 13-02-2026, 12.29 PM

What is the news?

New Zealand cricket team will face South Africa cricket team on Saturday (14 February) in the 24th match of T20 World Cup 2026. This match will be played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. So far, 4 matches have been played between the two teams in the history of T20 World Cup. South Africa has won all the matches. The Kiwi team has not been able to win a single match. In such a situation, let us know the important things related to the match.

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South Africa has the upper hand against New Zealand

So far 17 T-20 international matches have been played between New Zealand and South Africa. During this period, the Kiwi team has been successful in winning only 6 matches. South Africa has won 11 matches. The Kiwi team has won the last 3 matches played between the two teams. Aiden Markram’s team has won both its first matches in this World Cup. New Zealand has also won its first two matches.

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This could be South Africa’s playing eleven

After the victory against Afghanistan, South Africa would not like to make much changes in its playing eleven. The team’s bowlers would like to perform better against New Zealand. The performance of Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj in the last match was not anything special. Big innings will be expected from Dewald Brevis in batting.
Probable XI: Aiden Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Yanson, George Linde, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi.

New Zealand team can give chance to these players

New Zealand had achieved the target of 174 runs against UAE cricket team without losing any wicket. Openers Tim Seifert and Finn Allen played amazing innings. Another better performance will be expected from these players against South Africa. The team would also like to improve in bowling.
Probable XI: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), James Neesham, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson and Jacob Duffy.

The pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium will be like this

Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium has separate pitches of black and red soil. Red soil pitches provide more support to fast bowlers than black soil pitches. Here it is usually easy for the batsmen to score runs. However, the first few overs can be challenging. Bounce is normal on a black soil pitch, but spinners get more help. In such a situation, there can be an interesting competition between bat and ball.

How will be the weather of Ahmedabad?

Accuweather According to, the weather will be clear in Ahmedabad on 14th February. The maximum temperature here is expected to be 33 degrees and the minimum temperature will be 17 degrees. There is no possibility of rain during the day. In such a situation, the match is likely to take place without any disturbance.

Eyes will be on the performance of these players

Seifert has scored 257 runs in the last 6 matches. Phillips has been successful in scoring 218 runs in the last 7 matches. De Kock has scored 383 runs in the last 9 matches for South Africa. Markram has scored 277 runs in 9 matches. Duffy has managed to take 15 wickets in the last 10 matches. Ngidi has taken 14 wickets in the last 7 matches. The performance of these players will be monitored.

When and where to watch the match

This match between New Zealand and South Africa will be played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad from 7 pm. Live telecast of this match can be seen on Star Sports Network and Jio Hotstar app in India.