WI vs SA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Aiden Markram Nears Fiery 50 vs WI; Indian Fans Go Crazy

Shai Hope: Oh, just feel as though we’ve got to put runs on the board this time around again. Yeah, we probably would have bowled first as well, but again, we’ve got to put the batting in first. Yeah, one change – Roston Chase comes in for Akeal Hosein. (reason behind the change?) Oh, just opposition, obviously, conditions as well. Certainly not being dropped. He’s (Akeal) been performing really well for us. It’s just about, more so, being a tactical change and trying to see what’s the best XI for this particular opposition. (South Africa won the previous time these two teams met) We’ve just got to play our best cricket again today. They’ve been playing really good cricket. As a part of our team, make sure we keep that momentum going, especially here in this important game, and I’m sure the guys are ready for it.

Aiden Markram: We’re going to bowl first, Bish. It looks like a pretty good wicket. We’ve played here one or two games before. Feels slightly tacky, if anything, so hopefully that moisture sort of gets less and less throughout the game and we’re able to chase nicely later. (Is familiarity an advantage?) Yeah, look, we’ve been lucky. Lucky to have played a few games here now. Each wicket has been quite different from the other. I mean, the game we played against India, it was completely different to this side of the square. So, like you mentioned, still being able to execute whatever the conditions give you, and the boys have been doing that nicely. So, another exciting opportunity for us again tonight against a good team, and we look forward to that. No, we are going with the same team.