SA vs CAN: The 9th match of T20 World Cup 2026 is being played between South Africa and Canada. Canada won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, South Africa scored 213 runs for 4 wickets. Aiden Markram played the highest innings of 59 runs for South Africa.

Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock gave a good start

Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock came to open for South Africa. Both of them gave a good start to the team and made a partnership of 70 runs for the first wicket, but then Dilpreet Bajwa sent De Kock to the pavilion. De Kock was out after scoring 25 runs on 22 balls.

Aiden Markram scored a half century

After this, Aiden Markram along with Ryan Rickelton took South Africa’s innings forward, but then South Africa got the second blow at the score of 126 runs. Aiden Markram was out after scoring a half-century. He was walked by Ansh Patel. Aiden Markram played a brilliant inning of 59 runs in 32 balls. During this, he hit 10 fours and one six.

David Miller and Tristan Stubbs played stormy innings

After this Ryan Rickelton departed after scoring 23 runs on 21 balls. Dewald Brevis also could not do anything special and walked away after scoring 6 runs on 6 balls. After this, David Miller and Tristan Stubbs took South Africa’s innings beyond 200. David Miller returned unbeaten after scoring 39 runs on 23 balls. While Tristan Stubbs played an unbeaten inning of 34 runs in 19 balls.

This is the playing 11 of both the teams:

South Africa’s playing 11: Aiden Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jensen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi.

Canada’s playing 11: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa (captain), Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva (wicketkeeper), Harsh Thakur, Saad Bin Zafar, Jaskaran Singh, Dilon Heiliger, Kaleem Sana, Ansh Patel.