🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: M24: SA vs NZ at Ahmedabad🏏 - Page 8

Chapman steadies proceedings: Having lost four wickets inside the first 7 overs, New Zealand needed someone to absorb the pressure while keeping the scoreboard moving. Chapman has done exactly that. He looks well set now and could well convert this into a 50+ score.

Highlights (Overs 1-7)

- Seifert edges the first ball and it runs away for four

- Tidy second over by Rabada, just 2 runs

- Allen gets going with - 4, 4, 0, 0, 6, 4 vs Ngidi

- Seifert greets Jansen with a six and departs the very next ball

- Jansen has a second as Rachin too falls after smashing a six

- Allen too is dismissed inside the powerplay, three for Jansen

- 58/3 in the powerplay

- Chapman hits his first ball against Maharaj for four

- Phillips drags one back onto the stumps from Maharaj

STAT: Mitchell Santner has now lost seven tosses in a row in T20Is – the longest such sequence by a New Zealand captain in the format.

lol like VK and Rohit

End of 12th over

15 runs

NZ 121/4

CRR: 10.08

MS Chapman 34 (17b 3x4 2x6)

DJ Mitchell 28 (18b 2x4 1x6)

AK Markram0/15 (1)

two sixers in the over.

10 off the 13th over. 131 for 4 after 13 overs. 10 an over.

Siva: "Half full on Ahmedabad is almost full on lot of grounds"

I think Ahmedabad ground should be utilized only for India matches -- its a huge ground and it being half full looks does not look good, despite the fact Ahmedabad being half full means a lot of stadiums are filled to capacity.

13.3

Marco Jansen to Mark Chapman, no run, direct hit and Chapman was gone. Jansen spears it into the blockhole, Chapman brings his bat down and squeezes it off the inside edge. He does not know where the ball went and sets off, Rickelton collects it at short fine and has a shy at the striker's end, Chapman was not even in the frame as the ball passed the stumps. Hang on! South Africa have reviewed. But this came off the bat. Couple of replays are enough for the third umpire to make the decision. Review lost..

Jansen to Chapman, OUT

does him all ends up, and Jansen has four!

Mark Chapman c Rickelton b Jansen 48 (26b 6x4 2x6) SR: 184.61

Is Jansen going to get 5 fer in this match?

13.6

W

Marco Jansen to Mark Chapman, out Caught by Ryan Rickelton!! Such a soft dismissal. The partnership has been broken. No fifty for Chapman, he falls two short. Much needed breakthrough for South Africa. 122ks slower delivery, sticks to the surface and Chapman is early into the shot, closes the bat face and the leading edge pops to backward point. Simple catch for Rickelton but he gestures that he almost lost the sight of the ball behind the lights. Nonetheless, he holds on and Jansen has a fourth. That will be drinks. Mark Chapman c Ryan Rickelton b Marco Jansen 48(26) [4s-6 6s-2]

A bit to ponder for SA. And NZ. NZ have the firepower to take things up a notch, but they are already five down, with Santner and Neesham the remaining recognized batters