Having put to bat first, South Africa skipper Aiden Makram scored 18 runs in 20 balls, including a boundary and a maximum. Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock departed after scoring 10 runs in eight balls, with the help of a boundary and a maximum (Pic: X/@ProteasMenCSA)

Ryan Rickelton was dismissed on a one-ball duck. Dewald Brevis managed to score a crucial 34 runs off just 27 deliveries. His knock was laced with three boundaries and two maximums. David Miller also returned with six runs in six balls (Pic: X/@ProteasMenCSA)

Later, Tristan Stubbs scored 29 runs off 24 balls, including two boundaries and a maximum. Marco Jansen played an unbeaten knock of 55 runs off 30 deliveries. He also smashed two boundaries and five maximums. With this, the Proteas posted a total of 169 runs for the loss of eight wickets (Pic: X/@ICC)

New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra and Cole McConchie bagged two wickets each. James Neesham also chipped in with one wicket. Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, and skipper Mitchell Santner went wicketless in the semi-final 1 of the T20 World Cup 2026 against South Africa (Pic: File Pic)

In the second essay of the game, it will be interesting to see if New Zealand's Finn Allen manages to deliver a big knock for the side (Pic: X/@ICC)