South Africa started their Super 8 campaign with a bang, defeating USA


South Africa won against USA by 18 runs.

South Africa Team (Pic Source-X)

Today, on June 19, South Africa won against America in the Super 8 match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 played in Antigua. In this match, all the players from South Africa performed very well and played an important role in the victory of their team. Let us tell you, batting first, South Africa scored 194 runs against America for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. For the team, brilliant opener Quinton de Kock batted brilliantly and played a stormy innings of 74 runs in 40 balls with the help of 7 fours and 5 sixes.

Quinton de Kock did not spare any American bowler and hit hard against everyone. Let us tell you, South Africa did not have a good start in this match and Reeza Hendricks returned to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs. However, after the first wicket fell at 16 runs, there was an important partnership of 110 runs for the second wicket between Quinton de Kock and captain Aiden Markram. They made this partnership in just 61 balls.

Apart from Quinton de Kock, captain Aiden Markram played a valuable innings of 46 runs in 32 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. David Miller was out on the first ball against America without opening the account. Heinrich Klaasen played an aggressive innings of 36* runs in 22 balls with the help of 3 sixes while Tristan Stubbs contributed 20* runs.

For USA, Harmeet Singh took two wickets for 24 runs in four overs while Saurabh Netravalkar took two wickets for 21 runs in four overs.

South Africa won against USA by 18 runs

The US team, chasing the target, could only score 176 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Andries Gous batted brilliantly for the team and played an explosive innings of 80* runs with the help of 5 fours and 5 sixes in 47 balls but he failed to make his team win.

The most disappointing thing with America was that they had a very bad start in this match. The team lost its five wickets for 76 runs in 11.1 overs. Apart from Gaus, Harmeet Singh contributed 38 runs while Steven Taylor scored 24 runs. For South Africa, experienced fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took three wickets for 18 runs in four overs.



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