Matthew Forde hammers Marco Jansen for a six, then engages in heated fight during T20 World Cup clash
West Indies batter Matthew Forde was involved in a heated moment with South Africa pacer Marco Jansen. The moment between Forde and Jansen instantly caught the cricket fans’ eyes. The incident took place during the Super 8 match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
South Africa won the toss and invited the West Indies, who played an exceptional brand of cricket in their previous Super 8 match against Zimbabwe, to bat first. The Proteas skipper, Aiden Markram, took the accurate decision, as the Caribbeans went instantly on their back foot. The quality pace attack of South Africa was on song in the early moments of the first innings of the highly anticipated clash.
Matthew Forde threw fiery words right after hitting a 6 off Marco Jansen
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Despite the intensity, Forde did not last long on the crease. Inside the 11th over, Corbin Bosch departed the batter, combining with Ryan Rickelton. Forde departed for 11 off 9 with one 4 and one 6. The only maximum was against Jansen, after which he dived into the heated exchange.
South African fast bowlers dismantled the power-packed West Indies batting order in no time
West Indies fell into trouble shortly after they opened their inning with the openers Brandon King and captain Shai Hope. Within 9 overs, the former T20 World Cup champions went down by 6 wickets. In-form batters like Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Roston Chase Sherfane Rutherford lost their guards cheaply against the pacers of South Africa.
Two experienced pacers, Lingi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada proved destructive with the new ball. While Ngidi took 3 wickets in his 4-over spell, Rabada took a brace. Protea skipper Aiden Markram held on to his attacking approach, utilised thpacerspacers’ers full quota quickly. Corbin Bosch also claimed a brace in the process.
The West Indies vs South Africa match is equally important for Team India in the ongoing Super 8 contest
The West Indies vs South Africa match is also equally important from Team India’s point of view. In Group 1, ahead of today’s match, the West Indies cricket team was on top of the points table because of a high run rate and 2 points. South Africa was in second place with the same points.
Ahead of their second match of the Super 8, South Africa defeated India, and the West Indies surpassed Zimbabwe in style. In this group, the Net Run Rate of the top three teams can be vital to deciding the best two teams, which will reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2026. Currently, for a couple of spots in the semi-finals from Group 1, the contest is between South Africa, the Windies,s and India.
Despite the batting failures from Matthew Forde and most of the batters, West Indies registered 176 runs in 20 overs against 8 wickets, thanks to the efforts of Jason Holder and Romario Shepherd. While Holder scored 49 off 31, Shepherd scored an unbeaten 52 off 37.
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