Lucknow : In the 9th match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, South Africa and Canada faced each other on Monday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, Canada won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved costly for them. Batting first, Africa set the biggest target of the current World Cup in front of Canada. In response, Canada’s batting could not show anything special, hence, they had to face a crushing defeat by 57 runs.

De Kock, Markram and Rickelton played stormy innings

Let us tell you that in this match, from the very beginning, the African batsmen seemed to be overpowering Canada. In the beginning, Aiden Markram and De Kock rained runs, in which De Kock scored 25 runs in 22 balls. At the same time, Aiden Markram’s bat speed did not slow down and he scored a blazing half-century in just 28 balls. In this match, Markram played an innings of 59 runs in 32 balls with the help of 10 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, Ryan Rickelton also scored 33 runs in 21 balls with 3 fours and 1 six.

Even after the departure of De Kock, Markram and Rickelton, there was no break in South Africa’s run rate. After this, David Miller along with Stubbs made a partnership of 77 runs in just 37 balls and took the African team’s score to 213 runs. During this, while Miller scored 39 runs in 23 balls with the help of 1 four and 3 sixes, on the other hand, Tristan Stubbs also played an inning of 34 runs in 19 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. Along with batting, South Africa’s bowling was also amazing in this match. In the second innings for Africa, Lungi Ngidi took 4 wickets for 31 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Marco Yansen took 2 wickets and Kangiso Rabada took 1 wicket.

Navneet could not make Canada win despite fighting till the end

While chasing the huge target of 214 runs, Canada had a very bad start. Despite this, Navneet Dhaliwal kept fighting till the end. He played a strong half-century innings of 64 runs in 49 balls. However, despite this he could not lead his team to victory. Apart from Navneet, Harsh Thakar from Canada played an inning of 33 runs in 29 balls, while all the other batsmen flopped.

Turning point of SA vs CAN match

The turning point of this match can be considered to be the last 4 overs of the first innings, in which David Miller and Tristan Stubbs made a partnership of 60-70 runs. Thanks to this excellent partnership, South Africa set a huge target of 214 runs for Canada. Canada failed to achieve this target and Africa registered a big win by 57 runs.

Scorecard – South Africa vs Canada, T20 World Cup 2026

South Africa: 213/4 (20 overs)

Aiden Markram – 59 runs

Ryan Rickelton – 33 runs

David Miller – 39 runs

Tristan Stubbs – 34 runs

Lungi Angidi – 4 wickets

Marco Yansen – 2 wickets

Canada: 156/8 (20 overs)

Navneet Dhaliwal – 64 runs

Harsh Thakar – 33 runs

Ansh Patel – 3 wickets

Dilpreet Bajwa – 1 wicket

Result

South Africa defeated Canada by 57 runs.

player of the match

Lungi Ngidi: In this match, Lungi Ngidi was the man of the match for South Africa, who took 4 important wickets in this match against Canada.

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