The Proteas kicked off their T20 World Cup marketing campaign with a 57-run thrashing of Canada in Ahmedabad on Monday.
After Canada received the toss and elected to subject, South Africa smashed 47 off the final three overs to pile up 213-4, the best complete thus far on this 12 months’s T20 World Cup.
David Miller hit an unbeaten 39 off 23 balls and Tristan Stubbs was 34* off 19 as they placed on an unbroken stand of 75 in 6.1 overs on the finish.
Canada’s Navneet Dhaliwal was the one top-order batsman to supply any resistance, falling for 64 within the remaining over as Canada have been restricted to 156-8 in reply.
Lungi Ngidi did the majority of the injury for the Proteas, taking 4-31 from his 4 overs as their tempo assault had Canada reeling at 45-4 through the powerplay.
Ngidi was named Man of the Match and stated the night dew had helped his variation.
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“It did have a little bit of an impression. You possibly can see when you bowled a contact fuller, it will form of simply slide on. The sluggish balls have been nonetheless holding up just a little bit,” he stated.
“We knew that clearly our assault brings tempo, however for me, I really feel just like the variations are all the time those that catch folks out.”
Quinton de Kock and captain Aiden Markram received the Proteas off to a flying begin, placing on a gap stand of 70 in 6.5 overs.
De Kock was first to fall, for 25, bowled by a dipping off-spinner from Dilpreet Bajwa.
Markram sailed on and reached his fifty off 28 balls earlier than falling for 59, caught within the deep after hitting 10 fours and a six.
Left-arm wrist-spinner Ansh Patel was the profitable bowler and he loved a fantastic spell, additionally eradicating Ryan Rickelton for a brisk 33 off 21 balls and Dewald Brevis for six.
Patel completed with 3-31 off his 4 overs after decreasing South Africa from 125-1 to 138-4 earlier than Miller and Stubbs took over.
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