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south africa beat uae: The Indian team will be keeping an eye on the victory of South Africa and their performance because in the first match of Super 8 which will be played in Ahmedabad on 22nd February, there will be a direct competition with the Proteas team. In the last match of the group stage, South Africa dropped many catches against the weak UAE, yet they not only succeeded in winning the match but also gave a message to the Indian team.
South Africa registers big win over UAE before Super 8 match against India
New Delhi. In the World Cup 2026, South Africa maintained its dominance in the group stage and won its third consecutive match by easily defeating the UAE team. Bowling first, South Africa’s bowlers, led by Corbin Bosch, restricted UAE to 122 for six in their last group match of the T20 World Cup on Wednesday. Then the rest of the work was done by the partnership of Brewis and Rickleton. The African team won the match after 42 balls.
The Indian team will be keeping an eye on the victory of South Africa and their performance because in the first match of Super 8 which will be played in Ahmedabad on 22 February, there will be a direct competition with the Proteas team. In the last match of the group stage, South Africa dropped many catches against the weak UAE, yet they not only succeeded in winning the match but also gave a message to the Indian team.
African batsmen showed their strength
The target of 123 runs was small and South African captain Markram and De Kock came with the intention of dwarfing it. After scoring 32 runs in the first 3 overs, Markram was out after scoring 28 runs in 11 balls and in the sixth over, when De Kock also returned to the pavilion and the score was 56, it seemed that some upset was going to happen. But Rickleton and Brewis came to the crease with a different intention. There was a partnership of 49 runs between the two. However, after this both Richelton and Brewis lost their wickets while trying to play big shots, but by then the match was in South Africa’s lap.
the magic of fast bowlers
Despite light rain and cold, more than 12,000 people came to watch the match at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Aggressive cricket was not seen in UAE’s innings. Ten fours and two sixes were hit in the entire innings. Except Alishan Sharafu (45 runs in 38 balls), no batsman could survive. For South Africa, which won the toss and chose to bowl, Bosch took three wickets for just 12 runs in four overs. George Linde took one wicket for 17 runs in four overs and Enrich Norkia took two wickets for 28 runs in four overs.
The UAE batsmen started with confidence against the bowlers of South Africa, who had already reached the Super Eight. On the third ball of the innings, Aryansh Sharma hit Rabada for a six over third man. In the second over of Rabada, Mohammad Wasim took 14 runs including three consecutive fours. Rabada gave 20 runs in the first two overs, after which captain Aiden McCram gave the ball to George Linde. Linde got Wasim LBW in his very first over. Wasim scored 22 runs in 12 balls and UAE’s first wicket fell at the score of 38. In the next over, Bosch got Sharma caught at midwicket and gave the second blow to UAE. UAE’s 50 runs were scored in the eighth over and in the same over, Sharafu hit Norkia for a four and a six. UAE batsmen could not make big partnerships and wickets kept falling.