South Africa (SA) has entered the semi-finals by defeating host West Indies by 3 wickets in its last match of Super 8. South Africa and England have reached the semi-finals from Super 8 Group 2.

With this, South Africa has written a big record in the history of T20 World Cup. With this victory, South Africa created history by becoming the team winning the most matches in a single edition of the ICC T20 World Cup.

Before South Africa, Sri Lanka and Australia jointly held the record for winning the most matches in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. Australia won 6 matches each in 2010 and 2021, due to which they have made their name in this list twice. At the same time, Sri Lanka won 6 matches in the 2009 T20 World Cup.

Most matches won in a T20 WC edition

7 – South Africa (2024)
6 – Sri Lanka (2009)
6 – Australia (2010)
6 – Australia (2021)

During the T20 World Cup 2024, South Africa defeated Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Bangladesh and Nepal in their Group D league matches. After that, they achieved this feat by defeating USA, England, and West Indies in the 3 matches played in the Super 8. South Africa is known as “Choker”, but this 7-match streak of theirs has shut everyone’s mouth.

Won the match against West Indies in big style

In the rain-interrupted match, West Indies could score only 135 runs on a difficult pitch. South Africa also panicked while chasing this small target. But the South African batsmen played with patience in the tense situation. Due to rain, the match was played for 17 overs.

South Africa needed 5 runs in the last over. Marco Johnson hit a six off Obed McCoy to seal the team’s victory.