Morkel: India to target Proteas top order
India bowling coach Morne Morkel says they want early wickets against South Africa in Sunday’s T20 World Cup Super Eights clash in Ahmedabad.
India bowling coach Morne Morkel says they want early wickets against South Africa in Sunday’s T20 World Cup Super Eights clash in Ahmedabad.
Keshav Maharaj will captain a 15-man Proteas squad featuring five uncapped players in a five-match T20I series in New Zealand from 15-25 March.
Pakistan and New Zealand will clash in Colombo on Saturday as the Super Eights phase of the T20 World Cup kicks off without former champions Australia.
Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in Colombo to finish the T20 World Cup group stage unbeaten and carry winning momentum into the Super Eights.
The qualifiers for the Super Eight stage of the T20 World Cup were finalised on Wednesday.
South Africa sent a T20 World Cup warning to co-hosts India after romping to a six-wicket win over the UAE in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Follow the T20 World Cup match between the Proteas and UAE in Delhi.
The Central Gauteng Lions will host the EP Warriors in the 4-Day Series final, starting on Wednesday at the Wanderers.
Australia were knocked out of the T20 World Cup on Tuesday, with Zimbabwe qualifying for the Super Eights after their match against Ireland was washed out.
New Zealand sealed their qualification to the next phase of the T20 World Cup with an eight-wicket thumping of Canada in Chennai on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka scored the first century of the 2026 T20 World Cup to put his side into the Super Eights and leave Australia facing an early exit.
Afghanistan’s win over the UAE on Monday was enough to send South Africa through to the T20 World Cup Super Eights.
Steve Smith has been added to Australia’s T20 World Cup squad to fill the place left vacant by Josh Hazlewood.
India thrashed Pakistan by 61 runs on Sunday to qualify for the next round of the T20 World Cup in a showdown that had been in doubt until a few days ago.
Aiden Markram hailed an impressive display as the Proteas powered past New Zealand in their toughest group-stage test.