South Africa defeat US by 18 runs in Super 8 match | Proteas managed to defend 195-run target with Kagiso Rabada starring for winning side with his spell of 3\/18 in four overs
\n North Sound
\nTeam of South Africa defeated the United States by 18 runs in their T20 World Cup Super 8 match which was played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, on Wednesday.
\nThe Proteas managed to defend the 195-run target with Kagiso Rabada starring for the winning side with his spell of 3\/18 in four overs.
\nChasing the target, the USA had a good start with Steven Taylor leading the attack against the Proteas\u2019 pacers but Rabada gave his team the first breakthrough by removing the left-handed batter on just 24 runs.
\nFollowing Taylor\u2019s dismissal, the USA lost wickets at regular intervals with Nitish Kumar (8), skipper Aaron Jones (0), Corey Anderson (2) and Shayan Jahangir (3) all walking back to the pavilion without scoring big runs.
\nIt looked nearly impossible for the USA to get back in the game but Andries Gous and Harmeet Singh\u2019s 91-run target made things difficult for the Proteas as, at one point, the USA required 28 runs from 12 balls.
\nHowever, Rabada took the ball in the 19th over and, once again, eased his side\u2019s worries by removing Harmeet on the first ball which halted the USA\u2019s attack. With Harmeet (38 off 22) gone, things got difficult for USA and they eventually concluded their innings at 176-6 in 20 overs. Gous scored 80 off 47 with the help of 10 boundaries.
\nEarlier, South Africa posted a 195-run target for the United States in their T20 World Cup Super 8 match which is being played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, on Wednesday.
\nSouth Africa didn\u2019t have the brightest start after being asked to bat first as Reeza Hendricks continued his bad form and returned to the pavilion after just scoring 11 runs, leaving his side 16-1 in 2.4 overs.
\nHowever, the Proteas recovered quickly after losing one wicket as Quinton de Kock decided to take charge of their innings and played his best knock of the tournament by scoring 74 runs on 40 balls with the help of seven fours and five sixes.
\nThe 110-run partnership between skipper Aiden Markram and De Kock helped the Proteas get in the driving seat. Following the wicketkeeper batter\u2019s dismissal, South Africa lost wickets in quick succession with David Miller (0), and Markram (46) returning to the pavilion.
\nHeinrich Klaasen (36 off 22) and Tristan Stubbs (20 off 16) stayed till the end and helped South Africa conclude their innings at 194-4 in the allocated overs.
\nEarlier, US won the toss and opted to bowl first against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 match.
\nUSA\u2019s captain Aaron Jones confirmed that the team will be going with an extra spinner considering that the conditions may not be much different from Dallas.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to go with the extra spinner,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be too different to Dallas.\u201d
\nParallel to this, South Africa\u2019s captain Aiden Markram was unsure about what he would have done if he had won the toss.
\n\u201cWe weren\u2019t sure what to do,\u201d Markram admitted. \u201cWe would also have leaned towards bowling but we\u2019re not too bothered with the result of the toss.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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