In their first game of the T20 World Cup, South Africa trounced Canada by 57 runs in Ahmedabad on Monday.
Chasing a stiff 214-victory target, Canada managed 156/8 in their 20 overs. Player of the match Lungi Ngidi took 4/31 even as Navneet Dhaliwal top scored for Canada with a 49-ball 67.
Earlier, South Africa amassed 213-4, the highest total thus far in this year’s T20 World Cup, with 47 runs off the final three overs.
Tristan Stubbs was not out at 34 off 19 and David Miller hammered an undefeated 39 off 23 balls as they concluded the Group D match with an undefeated stand of 75 in 6.1 overs.
After Canada won the toss and chose to field, Quinton de Kock and skipper Aiden Markram gave South Africa a strong start scoring 70 runs between them in 6.5 overs.
Dilpreet Bajwa bowled a dipping off-spinner to De Kock, who was the first to fall, for 25. After hitting 10 fours and a six, Markram cruised on and reached his fifty off 28 balls before being caught in the deep and going down for 59.
Left-arm wrist-spinner Anish Patel got rid of Dewald Brevis for 6 and Ryan Rickelton for a quick 33 off 21 balls. Before Miller and Stubbs took over, Patel reduced South Africa from 125-1 to 138-4 with 3-31 off his four overs.
