Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 11 (ANI): South Africa have set an enormous goal of 188 runs for Afghanistan in match 13 of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026, being performed on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
Opting to bowl first after profitable the toss, Afghanistan’s bowlers managed to maintain South African batters quiet for the primary three overs.
Fazalhaq Farooqi drew first blood, dismissing South Africa captain Aiden Markram off a slower ball that he mistimed to mid-off.
Regardless of the early wicket, Quinton de Kock and Ryan Rickleton picked up the tempo and took South Africa to 43/1 in powerplay. The left-handed duo continued in the identical vein even after the fielding restrictions had been off, hitting freely to energy South Africa to 98/1 after 10 overs, together with 23 runs off the tenth over.
They put South Africa in command with a 116-run stand in simply 61 balls. De Kock introduced up his fifty with a pull for 4, scoring 59 runs in 41 balls. Ryan Rickleton was much more devastating, scoring 61 in simply 28 balls, with the assistance of 5 fours and 4 sixes.
De Kock additionally overtook AB de Villiers for making the best runs for South Africa within the T20 World Cups. He now has 737 runs, compared to de Villiers’ 717 runs.
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan stalled the South African progress as he despatched again each De Kock and Rickleton within the house of three balls.
Tristan Stubbs failed to attain large and will solely make one run earlier than Azmatullah Omarzai dismissed him.
Dewald Brevis (23 off 19 balls) and David Miller (20 not out off 15 balls) helped the Proteas maintain the momentum as Marco Jansen’s 16 off seven balls took South Africa to 187/6 in 20 overs.
Azmatullah Omarzai took three wickets, as Rashid Khan grabbed a brace. Fazalhaq Farooqi additionally picked up a wicket.
Now, Afghanistan must make 188 runs in 20 overs to win this match. (ANI)
