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United Arab Emirates vs South Africa Scorecard, Match 34, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 18 2026, Wed - 11:00 AM (IST)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES122/6
SOUTH AFRICA123/4
South Africa won by 6 wickets
CRR:9.23
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 18 2026, Wed - 11:00 AM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Delhi |
| Venue: | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| Toss: | South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Aiden Markram (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Jason Smith, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Kwena Maphaka |
| United Arab Emirates Playing XI: | Aryansh Sharma (wk), Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Sohaib Khan, Muhammad Haider Shah, Muhammad Arfan, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Farooq, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Jawadullah |
- This is set to be the first men’s T20I between South Africa and UAE; South Africa have won their last four matches against associate teams at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with their last and only such loss coming against Netherlands in the 2022 edition.
- UAE have alternated between wins and losses in their last five matches at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (W2 L3) with a five-wicket loss against Afghanistan last time out; the last three matches in that span have been won by the team batting second on the day.
- South Africa have won three of their last four men’s T20Is when batting second on the day (L1), including a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in their most recent such game (14 February 2026); the Proteas had lost five such games in succession prior to that.
- South Africa have won both of their previous men’s T20Is at Arun Jaitley Stadium - an eight wicket against Sri Lanka (28 March 2016) and a seven wicket win against India (9 June 2022); meanwhile, UAE have won one match (against Canada) and lost one match (against Afghanistan) at the venue.
- UAE have scored at least 150 runs in each of their last three batting innings at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup after only doing so once in their first six matches at the tournament (151 vs Netherlands on 17 March 2014).
- South Africa have recorded an 84.1% (111/132) catch success rate in men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, the best rate of any full member side; the Proteas have only dropped one catch at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 (19/20).
- Sohaib Khan (UAE) has logged 50+ scores in his last two men’s T20Is (51, 68) after only scoring 21 total runs over his first three innings; he has been dismissed by a catch in each of five innings in the format.
- Aiden Markram (South Africa) has played-and-missed 4.8% of his 147 balls faced in men’s T20Is since the start of 2026, the third fewest of any batter from a full member side (Harry Brook – 4.3%, Mark Chapman - 4.5%; min. 65 balls faced); he has scored 253 runs this year, the most by any Proteas batter.
- Muhammad Jawadullah (59 wickets) is three away from surpassing Rohan Mustafa (61) to become the third leading wicket taker for United Arab Emirates in men’s T20Is (Junaid Siddique – 124; Zahoor Khan – 72); Jawadullah has picked up three wickets over his last three innings in the format.
- Lungi Ngidi (86) needs four more wickets to become the leading wicket taker for South Africa in men’s T20Is (Tabraiz Shamsi - 89); Ngidi has taken at least one wicket in his last four innings in the format and a total of nine in that span.