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New Zealand cricket team was the runner-up in the T-20 World Cup 2026. The Kiwi team could not win the title after losing in the final against India. Now New Zealand team will play T-20 series against South Africa cricket team from March 15. The Proteas team will present a challenge under the captaincy of Keshav Maharaj. Aiden Markram, who captained in the T20 World Cup, is not available for the New Zealand series. Let’s take a look at all the information related to this series.
South Africa
This is the South African team
South Africa’s squad includes 5 uncapped players in the form of Connor Esterhuizen, Dianne Forrester, Jordan Harman, Ethan Bosch and Nqobani Mokoena.
South African team for T-20 seriesSquad: Keshav Maharaj (captain), Otniel Baartman, Ethan Bosch, Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Jorzi, Connor Esterhuizen, Dianne Forrester, Jordan Harman, Rubin Harman, George Linde, Nqobani Mokoena, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamala, Prenellan Subraine, Jason Smith.
New Zealand
Mitchell Santner will be available for the first 3 matches
Mitchell Santner will be available for the first 3 matches. In his absence, Tom Latham will captain the last 2 matches. Apart from Santner, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson will be available for the first 3 matches. Whereas, Kyle Jamieson, Cole McConchie, Jimmy Neesham, Ben Sears and Ish Sodhi have been selected for the entire series. Katelyn Clarke, Dane Cleaver, Latham and Jayden Lennox will be available only for the last 2 T20 matches.
New Zealand
This is the New Zealand team
8 players of the New Zealand team participating in the T-20 World Cup have been selected for the series against South Africa.
New Zealand team: Mitchell Santner (captain), Katelyn Clarke, Josh Clarkson, Dane Cleaver (wk), Devon Conway (wk), Lockie Ferguson, Jack Foulkes, Bevon Jacobs, Kyle Jamieson, Nick Kelly, Tom Latham (wk), Jayden Lennox, Cole McConchie, Jimmy Neesham, Tim Robinson, Ben Sears, Nathan Smith, and Ish Sodhi.
T-20 series will start from March 15
The T20 series will start with the match to be held at Bay Oval on March 15. After this, both the teams will face each other in the second match on March 17 at Seddon Park. The third match of this series is to be played on March 20 at Eden Park and the fourth match is to be played on March 22 in Wellington. The last match of the series is to be played in Christchurch on 25 March.
head-to-head
South Africa has the upper hand
The first T-20 international match between New Zealand and South Africa was played in the year 2005. So far 20 matches have been played between the two teams. During this period the Proteas team has won 12 matches. At the same time, the Kiwi team has been able to win only 8 matches. The last match between the two teams was played in the T-20 World Cup 2026, which New Zealand won by 9 wickets.
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