Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan praised South Africa's composure under pressure following their victory over India in the Super 8 stage of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, highlighting the match-winning contributions of David Miller and Dewald Brevis.
Veteran Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin criticised India's playing 11 combination and Axar Patel's omission from the team in their Super 8 fixture against South Africa in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Proteas avenged their loss in the 2024 T20 World Cup final as David Miller's half-century and fiery bowling spells from Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj helped them deliver an all-round clinical performance, beating Men in Blue by 76 runs at Ahmedabad and sending their net-run-rate in negativ
This failure to chase down 188 means that India has lost their first match in ICC events after 17 matches, since their heartbreaking loss in the ICC Cricket World Cup final at the same venue against Australia back in 2023. After that, a dominant Men in Blue came back with a vengeance under s
After electing to bat first, SA was reduced to 13/2. But knocks from David Miller (63 in 35 balls, with seven fours and three sixes), Dewald Brevis (45 in 29 balls, with three fours and sixes) each and a cameo from Tristan Stubbs (44* in 28 balls, with a four and three sixes) took SA to 187/
After an underwhelming group stage with the bat, which saw him get a few starts but not be able to catch up and score big at a fine strike rate, Tilak will be aiming to make an absolute meal of the South African bowling attack. His numbers against the 2024 T20 WC runners-up suggest a special
Former South African cricketer JP Duminy remarked that the Indian cricket team brings their best in the International Cricket Council (ICC) events, hailing the Men in Blue as "one of the favourites, if not the favourite" ahead of the India vs South Africa T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 clash on
South Africa batting coach Ashwell Prince said that having played in Ahmedabad helps the team ahead of their T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 clash against South Africa at the same venue on Thursday. Ashwell Prince also noted that having played India in a T20I series before the World Cup also h
Indian men's T20I team captain Suryakumar Yadav backed the out-of-form batter Abhishek Sharma ahead of the team's first Super 8 fixture of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, against South Africa on Sunday at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium.
Both teams made one change to their respective playing XIs, with South Africa bringing in George Linde to replace Corbin Bosch. In Afghanistan's playing XI, Noor Ahmad replaced Ziaur Rahman.
As mentioned above, the road after the 2024 final loss to India by seven runs has been a difficult one for South Africa. With one of their 2024 final's heroes, Heinrich Klaasen, retired, the youngsters in the side will be aiming to replicate what he had been doing in limited-overs cricket fo