West Indies vs South Africa Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Jason Holder, Lead 7-Down WI’s Fightback vs SA

West Indies vs South Africa Score: Pacers Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada and Corbin Bosch have put South Africa in command in their decisive T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 clash in Ahmedabad.

West Indies vs South Africa Score, T20 World Cup 2026:

Pacers Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada and Corbin Bosch have put South Africa in command in their decisive T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 clash in Ahmedabad. Ngidi has been the pick of the bowlers so far, claiming three wickets while Rabada and Bosch have bagged a couple each to spark West Indies’ batting collapse. The Shai Hope-led side is seven wickets down after being put into bat. The Indian team will be hoping for a favor from South Africa, as a West Indies victory could complicate matters for the co-hosts.

Holder finds the gap!

Smart batting from Holder! He gets the breadth and throws his bat at it, slicing it wide of point and into the gap for four. Another timely boundary for West Indies. This over has turned costly – 12 runs already with one ball still to come. WI: 109/7 (13.5)

Another one bites the dust!

Forde picks off the fielder at deep backward square! This has been a poor batting effort from West Indies – completely meaningless shot-making. Forde strangely scoops it high into the bright Ahmedabad sky, and Rickelton is far too safe a fielder to spill that. Bosch grabs his second. West Indies sinking fast.

Matthew Forde c Rickelton b Bosch 11 (9)

WI: 83/7 (10.2)

100 up for West Indies

Romario Shepherd picks one of Lungi Ngidi’s patent slower off cutters just full of a length and launches back over the bowlers head for an 85m six!

It’s West Indies‘ sixth six of the innings, one which takes them into three figures after 13.2 overs. Jason Holder then finds another boundary off Ngidi with a scythe to a wide delivery that sits up, asking to be chopped. But the former West Indies captain should be back in the hutch!

The final ball is held back again, and ends up being chipped towards cover… where Keshav Maharaj falls over his feet and can’t claim! A fourth chance goes down for South Africa. Will this be the one that costs them?

Pitch imperfect for West Indies?

Aiden Markram described this pitch as “tacky”, suggesting it would not come on to the bat particular well, certainly in the first half of his match.

He’s been proved right so far, and not just with six of the seven wickets to fall – Matthew Forde the latest – going to South Africa hands after West Indian misjudgments as they continue to attack the boundary.

Corbin Bosch, having rejected Forde, pinned Romario Shepherd on the helmet with a back of a length delivery. Shepherd assumed there would be more lift, but ended up ducking into the delivery and wearing it on the helmet.

Six and out!

Yesterday afternoon, Sherfane Rutherford batted for about a half-an-hour on one of the practice pitches. Every ball went for six. Genuinely-like, every single one.

South Africa know all about his hitting following a strong SA20 stint with Delhi Capitals. And Rutherford, dropped on 3 by Ngidi at a close short third, was soon into his groove when smashing Corbin Bosch high into the stands are deep midwicket. It was his 12th six of the World Cup, the third-most so far.

However, an attempt to join Sahibzada Farhan on 13 went high rather than far, taken by Quinton de Kock, who did not have to move, to leave West Indies in a perilous position. From 29 for 0, the two-time champions have lost 5 for 31.

Made that 6 for 42 as Ngidi bags his third! Rovman Powell bunts him to Brevis at over…

Another two dismissals in three deliveries, this time from Lungi Ngidi, after a difficult start to his over. Brandon King’s back-to-back fours hinted at a length too complete. So Ngidi pulled it back and trimmed off the opener, sticking to that back-of-a-length line outside off to Roston Chase, whose back foot drive finished up on his stumps.

West Indies top order collapse reads 4 for 14…

AHMEDABAD:

On Thursday afternoon at the Narendra Modi stadium, two unbeaten teams in South Africa and West Indies will face each other in a battle that will dictate India’s eventual destiny in the T20 World Cup. While the winner will all but seal a spot in the semifinal, Indian fans will be hoping South Africa is that team. If South Africa win and India register a big triumph against less-fancy Zimbabwe in Chennai later in the evening, India and West Indies will be locked in a virtual shootout in Kolkata on Sunday. Otherwise, India will have to play the net run-rate game even if they win by a big margin against Zimbabwe.

That he has doubled his dismissals at this tournament highlights how unlucky Rabada has been. The seamer had three catches dropped off his bowling – and now has a fourth after Shimron Hetmyer was put down, first ball, by Corbin Bosch at middle on.

But two balls later, Hetmyer was mistiming to midwicket to ensure Bosch’s mistake was not expensive. Likewise, Rabada’s first wicket, rushing Shai Hope for pace, removed the right-hander for 16 after he had been carried over the fence on 10 by Dewald Brevis.

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