WI vs SA Super 8 - Match 7 Live Score - Ahmedabad (26 February 2026)

Begins from around the wicket, fractionally short, around the off stump. King punches it from the crease to cover.

Angled in at the hips, shorter now, Brandon nudges it to mid-wicket and takes a single to get off the mark.

SIX! Shai Hope is up and running! Darted in at 86.6 kph, a bit too short, on middle. Hope picks up the length early, goes deep in the crease and pummels it over mid on for a biggie.

FOUR! Lovely! This is floated up, fuller and on the off stump, Hope makes room and opens up the front hip. He extends his hands and carves it over cover for a boundary.

Flatter and shorter, on off, Shai slaps it to cover-point.

SIX! Taken by Dewald Brevis, but he runs with the ball into the boundary cushions. 17 runs off the first over. A great start for West Indies. Maharaj drops it short, on middle. Hope presses on the back foot, clears the front leg and plays the pull. Hits it aerially to deep mid-wicket, where Brevis runs to his left and takes the catch in reverse cup style over his head. He cannot slam the brakes and cannot release the ball before going over the ropes. Keshav Maharaj is not happy one bit.

On leg, on a length, King dabs it down on the leg side.

FOUR! Easily done! A bit of shape back into the right-hander, on the fuller side, Brandon brings his wrists into play and flicks it between mid-wicket and mid on for a four.

Good comeback! Pushed across off, full in length. King pushes out in front of his body and is beaten as the ball leaves him with the angle.

FOUR! A loose delivery and King cashes in! Too straight, at the hips, on a back of a length. Brandon hangs on the back foot and nurdles it fine of the man at deep square leg for four more.

FOUR MORE! Streaky this time! Jansen digs it in short, over off and middle. Brandon swivels on the back foot for the pull but fails to get on top of the bounce. The ball climbs on the batter to catch a top edge and it flies over the keeper's head for another four.

On a good length, on middle, King taps it back on the strip. 12 runs off Jansen's first over.

Beats the bat! In the channel, on a good length, Shai pushes away from his body and is beaten on the outside edge.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! The edge is found this time. Kagiso Rabada strikes with his second ball. Wobble seam delivery, on a back of a length, outside off. Hope gets on his toes to ride the bounce and punch it away on the off side. The ball nips away with a bit of extra bounce. It grazes the outside edge and the keeper, Quinton de Kock, makes no mistake. Rabada is lucky that the ball did not go to slip as the man there had just been moved out before this ball.

DROPPED! Shimron Hetmyer gets a lifeline on the very first ball. Hettie had given up. This is pitched up by Rabada, on middle. Shimron gets his hands through the line and goes for the lofted drive. He just checks his shot and it goes to mid on, where Corbin Bosch is late to react. He thinks he can grab it over his head without having to move. The ball keeps rising and Bosch has to leap to take the catch. The ball clips his fingertips and goes behind for a couple of runs.

On middle and leg, on a length, Hetmyer defends it out.

OUT! CAUGHT! Taken this time and the dropped catch does not cost South Africa much. Corbin Bosch will be a relieved man. Two wickets in the over for Rabada. Angling across off, on a back of a length. Hetmyer has a jab at it off the back foot. He fails to get the timing right and it is mistimed uppishly to mid-wicket. Keshav Maharaj, standing on the edge of the ring, moves to his right and takes the catch at head height.

On top of off, Rovman watchfully angles it in front of point and takes a single to open his account.

Outside off, on a good length, Powell glides it with an open bat face to deep third and gets to the other end.

FOUR! A quality shot! On a good length, fractionally wide, King extends his hands and plays it on the up. Threads it in the gap between cover and point for a four.

FOUR! More of a horizontal bat this time but the result is the same. Ngidi offers width again, on a short of a length. King stands tall and punches it through covers for a four.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Lungi Ngidi corrects his line and strikes. Ngidi goes wide on the crease and brings the line closer to the off stump. On a short of a length, just outside the off pole. King hangs back to deal with it, but the ball lands and nips away enough to take the outside edge. The keeper, Quinton de Kock gobbles it up. Ngidi turns around and points at his captain at mid off, as if saying - I told you.

Angled into the right-hander, on a good length, Chase turns it off the pads through square leg for a couple of runs.

OUT! DRAGGED ON! Lungi Ngidi says to Kagiso Rabada, if you can strike twice in an over, I can do just as well. Ngidi bashes the surface and bowls it on a hard length, on off. Chase stands tall on his toes and gets his hands high to punch it away. He plays it with an angled bat. The ball cuts back in off the deck to take the inside edge before deflecting back onto the stumps. Quite an eventful start to the game. Wickets, fours, sixes, dropped catches, we have had everything in the first 4 overs. West Indies are 4 down for 43.

Rabada bowls it full, around off, Rovman presses forward and steers it to deep third for a single.

Good-length ball, on middle. Sherfane Rutherford blocks it out watchfully.

Across off, on a short of a length, Sherfane stays back and plays it behind point for a couple of runs.

From around the wicket, on top of off, Sherfane gets on top of the bounce and keeps it out.

1 run.