IND vs SA Super 8 - Match 3 Live Commentary - Ahmedabad (22 February 2026)

Slanting into the right-hander, on a length, on middle. Suryakumar pats it to long on and picks up a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Instant impact from Corbin Bosch. Pushed across the left-hander from over the wicket, on a back of a length. Sundar clears the front leg and throws his hands at the ball. The ball leaves him with the angle and grazes the outside edge. The keeper, Quinton de Kock, gobbles it up. India are now 4 down for 43, needing 145 runs in 76 balls.

A bit too wide, on a short of a length. Shivam stabs it through covers and gets off the mark with a single.

SKY is standing with an open stance and Bosch spots that. He hits the deck hard and tucks the batter up for room. Surya can only pat it back to the bowler.

Wide! Sprayed down leg, Suryakumar has a swing at it but fails to connect.

1 run.

On a nagging length, around off, Suryakumar gets down on a knee and plays the sweep to deep backward square leg. Kagiso Rabada reads the spin on the ball and tidies up. They cross.

Skidding through, not all that short, on middle. Sundar presses on the back foot and pulls it through mid-wicket for one more.

Fuller and drifting in at the pads, SKY clips it to deep mid-wicket and gets to the other end.

Drags the length back now, on middle and leg. Washington shimmies down the pitch and turns it in front of square leg for another single.

On top of off, Yadav hangs back and cuts it to deep point for the 5th single of the over.

SIX! A biggie off the last ball turns it into a productive over for India. 11 runs off it. Maharaj errs in both line and length. This is short and down leg. Sundar walks inside the line and gets low to find the elevation. Swivels and shovels it over backward square leg.

Rabada hits the hard length, on top of off. Sundar plays it on the up but mistimes it to cover.

On the fuller side, pushed across off, Washington walks across the stumps to play the scoop but plays all over it. Gets rapped on the pads well outside the off stump.

Rabada serves a short ball, on off. Washington Sundar arches back to play the upper cut but he is beaten for pace. Three dots in a row!

Make that four on the bounce! Pushes the length up, on middle. Sundar clears the front leg and knocks it along the ground to mid on.

Angled away, on a short of a length, Sundar stands tall to get this one over the in-field on the off side. Gets it off the outer half to deep third, where Dewald Brevis slides and mops it up. Just a single.

Rabada goes searching for the yorker but it comes out as a low full toss, on middle. SKY punches it straight to mid on. Just 2 runs off the over, India end their Powerplay at 31/3.

Bashes the surface, over middle. Sharma hops and swivels to help it over long leg but he is hurried and the ball gets big on him. Abhishek wears it on the midriff.

In the channel, on a back of a length. Abhishek dances down the track and backs away. He throws the kitchen sink at it but fails to connect.

OUT! CAUGHT! Two fielders bump into each other, but Corbin Bosch holds onto it. A massive wicket for South Africa. This is the knuckleball from Jansen, full and on middle. Abhishek does not pick the variation. He clears the front leg and has a swipe across the line. Skies it off the toe end of the blade over wide mid on. Corbin Bosch and Keshav Maharaj go after it from mid-wicket and mid on, respectively, and there is no communication between the two men. Maharaj just about withdraws himself but cannot avoid colliding with Bosch. Corbin stretches his hands out in front and the ball hits him near the wrist but he holds onto it near his chest. Keshav falls on the back of Bosch but the latter is not put off by that and he grabs hold of the ball.

Around off, on a good length, Sundar dabs it wide of point and takes a single to get underway.

Fuller and on middle, Suryakumar Yadav pushes it to the right of mid off for a single.

Angled into the pads, this is turned to deep square leg for a single. End of a successful over for Jansen and South Africa.

Lungi Ngidi starts with a length delivery, attacking the stumps, holds a bit into the surface. Yadav taps it into the strip.

Well bowled! Ngidi bowls the off-cutter, fuller and well outside off. Yadav shapes for the paddle-scoop but ends up patting it back to the bowler.

Three dots to start for Ngidi! Pace-off once again, fuller and just outside off. Suryakumar Yadav punches it to mid off. 

Overpitches it outside off. Yadav stays back and wrists it away to mid on. Kagiso Rabada puts in a full-stretched dive to his left to stop it from running away. Just a single.

WIDE! Oh, a bit harsh on the bowler! Lungi Ngidi stays away from the hitting arc and bowls the off-cutter near the tramline. Sharma tries to dig it away but misses. 

Excellent so far from Ngidi! Keeps it full and across the batter, too wide and again on the slower side. Abhishek reaches as he bends across and plays it to cover. Can he close it out well?

Yes, he can! Drops it full and on middle, slower and dipping right onto the batter. Sharma plays with soft hands to cover and runs across.

Swing and a miss! KG pitches it up, just outside off. Abhishek Sharma throws his blade but the ball just nips away enough to beat the outside edge.

Beaten again! Rabada sees Sharma take the charge and digs into the surface, around off. Abhishek backs away and opens up the off side but fails to hit it away. The ball flies over the off pole.

Another dot! Sharma is throwing his hands on everything. Rabada keeps it fuller and around the sixth stump line. Sharma flashes his blade and misses.

SIX! Smartly played by Sharma and this will give him confidence. Sharma waits for the ball to arrive, sees the short ball and ramps it nicely over the keeper and all the way for six runs. 

On a good length and around leg, tight from KG, following Sharma on the leg side. Abhishek ends up dropping it to point.

FOUR! Crunched away! Kagiso Rabada rolls his fingers but dishes out a full toss, outside off. Sharma uses the width and hammers it past cover-point for a boundary. 

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! South Africa celebrates as Varma nicks one behind, but he is not sure. Varma takes it upstairs. There was a sound as the ball passed the blade. UltraEdge loads and shows a big spike. Not sure why Tilak Varma reviewed that one. Marco Jansen steams in and serves it into the surface, touch fuller and gets it to bounce off the deck, outside off. Tilak Varma charges down the track and tries to push away from his body and edges it to the keeper. Quinton de Kock pouches it safely. 

FOUR! Wrist work from the skipper to get his inning underway! A straighter, fuller delivery on the pads. Suryakumar Yadav gets the bottom hand into play as he flicks it past mid-wicket for a boundary.

Jansen keeps it full and on middle and leg. Yadav flicks it nicely but straight to mid-wicket. 

FOUR! Superb timing once again! Back of a length, outside off, angling across the batter. Suryakumar Yadav gets tall and punches it firmly past cover for a boundary. 

Good shot for no run. Jansen offers width once again, well outside off. Suryakumar Yadav crisply hits it away but straight to the extra-cover fielder.

8 runs and a wicket off the over. Jansen bowls on a nagging length, around off and slanting away. SKY knocks it to cover. 

Slightly short from Markram up front, outside off. Kishan flashes his blade ferociously but finds the point fielder.

Tosses it up, fuller and around off. Ishan Kishan leans and taps it back to the bowler.

JUST SHORT! Markram dips a fuller delivery onto the batter, this is on middle. Kishan bends and gets underneath as he tries to take on mid on but fails to get the elevation. Luckily for him, it falls short of the fielder.

OUT! TAKEN! It's Kishan who departs on a duck this time! Indian openers are yet to give a breakthrough opening stand this tournament. Nicely tossed up, around off, turning slightly away. Kishan gets on his knee to slog but gets a top edge. Pretty high in the air but not far away. Ryan Rickelton, inside the ring, tracks back at cover and holds onto the skier. 

India and Tilak Varma are underway. This is full and around off, Varma knocks it down to long off for a single.

FOUR! After three outings, Abhishek Sharma is finally off the mark in the tournament. Huge sigh of relief for India's dynamic opener. Markram drops it short and offers room outside off. Sharma slashes his blade and finds the gap through cover-point and bags a boundary. 5 runs and a wicket off the first over.