Watch the highlights of West Indies vs South Africa - The 47th match of the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup Twenty20 International cricket tournament between West Indies and South Africa played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on February 26, 2026.
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| 95-run stand Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock © Getty Images |
Pace bowlers attack before Top-order batsmen Aiden Markram's 46-ball 82*, Quinton de Kock's 24-ball 47 and Ryan Rickelton's 28-ball 48* leads to South Africa comfortable nine-wicket victory over West Indies, despite a record 89-run stand between Jason Holder - Romario Shepherd and South Africa move top of the points table in Super Eights Group 1 in the 47th match of a ICC T20 World Cup.
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- South Africa chased 177 was their fourth highest successful run-chase against West Indies in T20 international and It is their second highest chase in T20 World Cups after they had chased 206 also against West Indies at Johannesburg in the inaugural 2007 World Twenty20.
- South Africa's 9-wicket win was their joint fourth largest victory by terms of wickets remaining in T20 international, it is their 7th time win by nine wickets, It is the second time South Africa had defeated West Indies by nine wickets in T20Is and the third time South Africa won by nine or more wickets in T20 World Cups.
- West Indies's 52 for 4 was their second highest powerplay total against South Africa in T20 World Cups after their 54 for 1 at Johannesburg in the inaugural 2007 World Twenty20.
- 89 : Jason Holder and Romario Shepherd set up the record eighth-wicket partnership for West Indies in T20 international, previously held by the 67-run stand between Rovman Powell and Romario Shepherd against Bangladesh at Kingstown in 2024.
- 89 : Jason Holder and Rovman Powell set up the record eighth-wicket partnership in T20 international cricket history, surpassing the previous record held by the 80-run stand between Preston Mommsen and Safyaan Sharif at Edinburgh in 2015 and also the highest eighth-wicket stand in T20 World Cup history, surpassing the previous record held by the 70-run stand between David Wiese and Ruben Trumpelmann against UAE at Geelong in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
- West Indies' 176 was their joint eighth highest score against South Africa in T20 international and It is their 14th highest total in T20 World Cups.
- South Africa's 69 for 0 was their joint fifth highest powerplay total against West Indies in T20 international and It is their third highest powerplay-total in T20 World Cups
- Aiden Markram became the first South African captain to scored three 50-plus scores in T20 World Cups.
- Aiden Markram hammered a 27-ball his sixth fastest fifty for South Africa in T20 international, his second fastest fifty against West Indies in T20Is and his third fastest half-century in T20 World Cups.
- 95 : Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock set up the third highest first-wicket partnership for South Africa in T20 international and the South Africa's second highest opening stand in T20 World Cups, The highest is 96-run stand between Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock against England at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in the 2016 World Twenty20.
- Aiden Markram's unbeaten 82 was his third highest score for South Africa in T20 international, his second highest-score against West Indies in T20Is and his second highest score in T20 World Cups.
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West Indies scored 176-8 in 20 overs with top scorer by Romario Shepherd blasted a unbeaten 52 off 37-balls including 4-sixes & 3-fours with strike rate of 140.54.
Jason Holder hammered a 49 off 31-balls - who fell one-run short of his half-century - including 4-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 158.06.
Brandon King blasted a 21 off 11-balls included 5-fours with strike rate of 190.90 and Shai Hope hit 16 off 6-balls contained 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 266.66.
South Africa best bowler by Lungi Lgidi picked up 3-wickets for 30-runs in 4-overs, Kagiso Rabada and Corbin Bosch both took 2-wickets.
South Africa chased 177-1 in 16.1 overs with top scorer by Aiden Markram hammered a unbeaten 82 off 46-balls, Quinton de Kock blasted a 47 off 24-balls including 4-sixes & 4-fours with strike rate of 195.83 and Ryan Rickelton hit a unbeaten 45 off 28-balls contained 4-fours & 2-sixes with strike-rate of 160.71.
West Indies best bowler by Roston Chase took one-wicket for 46-runs in 4-overs.
Aiden Markram named Player of the match for his match-winning captain innings of sparkling unbeaten 82 off facing including 7-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 178.26.
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