South Africa set a target of 214 for Canada in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Canada won the toss and elected to field first against South Africa.
Last edition’s runners-up South Africa are up next as they face Canada in Ahmedabad in both sides ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaign opener.
Lungi Ngidi struck on the first ball of the chase dismissing the Canadian skipper Dilpreet Bajwa to give South Africa the perfect start.
In a repeat of the first dismissal, Lungi Ngidi found the edge of Yuvraj Samra’s bat, with Quinton de Kock safely completing the catch to hand South Africa their second breakthrough.
The Proteas had a strong start as Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock went about accumulating runs from the outset. The duo powered South Africa to 66/0 at the end of the powerplay.
Dilpreet Bajwa fought back with a brilliant delivery to dismiss Quinton De Kock (25 off 22). Markram continued the flow of runs as he raced to a half-century in 28 balls. Markram and Rickelton powered South Africa to 104/1 at the end of the 10th over.
Ansh Patel then provided the breakthrough in the 12th over, removing South Africa skipper Aiden Markram after a well-made 59 off 32 balls. He struck again soon after to dismiss Ryan Rickelton (33 off 21) and then claimed Dewald Brevis in the same over, dragging Canada back into the contest.
David Miller and Tristan Stubbs then stitched together an unbeaten 75-run partnership to power South Africa to a commanding total of 213. Miller finished with 39 off 23 balls, while Stubbs contributed 34 off 19.
Teams
South Africa XI (Playing XI) : Aiden Markram (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, and Lungi Ngidi
Canada XI (Playing XI) : Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa (c), Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva (wk), Harsh Thaker, Saad Bin Zafar, Jaskarandeep Singh, Dilon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, and Ansh Patel
