After remaining unbeaten in Group A, the defending champions will head into the Super 8s with a high-voltage clash against South Africa on February 22.

Abhishek Sharma is yet to open his account in the current edition of the tournament and during Friday's training, he was seen spending considerable time with head coach Gautam Gambhir.

Former Indian cricketers have predicted the semi-finalists of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026 ahead of the start of the Super 8, which will commence on Saturday with Pakistan taking on New Zealand at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

The prolific opener with a monstrous strike rate of 192-plus is enduring a sudden lean patch, which can primarily be attributed to his return to competitive cricket less than a week after hospitalisation.

The Morkel household in Pretoria, South Africa, is in two minds. The reason: the India vs South Africa T20 World Cup Super 8 clash on Sunday

India's assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has acknowledged two pressing issues facing the team heading into the Super 8s of T20 World Cup.

Despite being eliminated in the group stage of the T20 World Cup 2026, Australia have already secured qualification for the 2028 edition.

South Africa vs United Arab Emirates Highlights: South Africa made it four wins out of four in the T20 World Cup, beating the United Arab Emirates by six wickets in New Delhi.

All-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai delivered a match-winning performance, claiming four wickets before smashing an unbeaten 40 to guide Afghanistan to a five-wicket victory over United Arab Emirates in their must-win T20 World Cup 2026 clash.

Captain Aiden Markam's unbeaten 86 and 4-40 by Marco Jansen led South Africa to a seven-wicket thrashing of New Zealand on Saturday to all but book their Super Eights berth at the T20 World Cup.

New Zealand vs South Africa Highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: South Africa rode on skipper Aiden Markram and Marco Jansen's batting and bowling exploits to beat New Zealand by seven wickets.

Calling contests against South Africa "fierce", New Zealand pacer Matt Henry on Friday said the long-standing rivalry between the two sides adds an extra dimension to their crucial T20 World Cup clash.

South Africa wicketkeeper-batter Ryan Rickelton was struggling to describe his side's thrilling T20 World Cup win over Afghanistan after two Super Overs.

Several former cricketers took to social media as South Africa defeated Afghanistan in a breathtaking game of cricket that saw two Super Overs.

South Africa fast bowler Lungi Ngidi admitted he had never felt that level of stress on a cricket field after the Proteas scraped past Afghanistan in a nail-biting fixture of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026.

Afghanistan cricket team wicket-keeper batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz's heroics went in vain as South Africa registered a sensational victory in the second Super Over of their T20 World Cup 2026 encounter.

In a T20 World Cup game for the ages, South Africa somehow managed to get past a plucky Afghanistan after two wildly oscillating Super Overs on Wednesday.

SA vs AFG T20 World Cup 2026: South Africa clinched a thrilling victory over Afghanistan in a match that was decided only after two Super Overs.