T20 World Cup 2024: USA vs South Africa Award Winners, Man of The Match, Post Match Presentation, Scorecard and Records

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T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 Match 1, USA vs South Africa Award Winners: The USA put up a valiant fight in their first match of the T20 World Cup Super 8 stages but ultimately fell short, losing to South Africa by 18 runs. Also read: Most Runs in T20 World Cup | Most Wickets | Most Sixes | Super 8 Points Table

South Africa set a challenging target of 194/4, thanks to a brilliant performance by Quinton de Kock. The USA responded strongly but could only reach 176/6, with Andries Gous scoring a commendable 80 runs.

USA vs South Africa Award Winners

Man of the Match: Quinton de Kock

USA vs South Africa, T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 Match 1: Who Said What

Aiden Markram: "Gous played well. Made life tough for us. Couple of tidy overs from us and the margin could have been better. But lessons learnt. Nice start. At the half time, the wicket changed a little. It got slower. They bowled well.

"We would have loved to finish with a bang. Couple of lessons to take. Big for us that Quinny got his flow. Everyone else just chipped in. Couple of overs we could have tidied upon. A few executions here and there might have let us down. The wind was strong so I feel the bowlers have done a decent job."

Aaron Jones: "I don't wanna say disappointed. I thought we could have been more disciplined with the ball. But it goes this way sometimes. I think we need to be more disciplined. We will try and go back to the board. And come back stronger.

"Happy to be going home. I know the conditions well. For USA, Jessy Singh's horrible over didn't help them. The batters Jones, Kumar and Anderson couldn't score much. But despite that they were only 18 runs away from writing more headlines of their own.

"Their games against WI and ENG might be close ones as well if they continue to perform like this. There were a few question marks whether they could perform on good batting tracks. And they have answered their critics for sure. For SA, they played a few close games against Bangladesh and Nepal. They could have lost both. But would be happy to have crossed the line even today. The 18-run margin can be a misnomer if you take away that 19th over from KG."

Quinton de Kock, Man of the Match: "There have been a few tricky wickets, nice to spend time out there. USA put us under pressure, it was a great game. Just trying to focus on scoring runs, rest of it will take care of itself.

"We have had a few tricky wickets coming into this game, so it was great to be out there. We still have a few games to win, we are coming up against big teams. It was a good game, but it changes next time. Different venue, different team, so you never know what's out there."

USA vs South Africa, T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 Match 1 Stats

• Openers unbeaten in a losing run chase in T20 WCs
  • 63* Chris Gayle vs SL The Oval 2009
  • 67* Salman Butt vs NZ Bridgetown 2010
  • 71* Max O'Dowd vs SL Geelong 2022
  • 80* Andries Gous vs SA North Sound 2024
• Highest individual scores for USA (T20I)
  • 101* Steven Taylor vs Jersey Bulawayo 2022
  • 94* Aaron Jones vs Can Dallas 2024
  • 80* Andries Gous vs SA North Sound 2024
  • 72 Steven Taylor vs USA Dubai 2019
• Most wickets for South Africa in T20 WCs
  • 30 Anrich Nortje
  • 30 Dale Steyn
  • 24 Morne Morkel
  • 22 Kagiso Rabada
• Among the 58 bowlers to have bowled 50+ overs in the tournament, Nortje has the best avg (10.16), SR (11.3) and ER (5.36).
• Fifth win on the bounce for South Africa in T20 WC 2024 - the joint longest for them in the competition equaling five consecutive wins in the 2009 edition.
• Highest partnership for USA against Full member team (T20I)
  • 110 S Modani - Gajanand Singh vs Ire Lauderhill 2021
  • 91 A Gous - Harmeet vs SA North Sound 2024
  • 68 Monank Patel - A Gous vs Pak Dallas 2024
• Highest partnership for sixth wicket or lower for USA (T20I)
  • 91 A Gous - Harmeet vs SA North Sound 2024
  • 62* C Anderson - Harmeet vs Ban Houston 2024
  • 49 Jasdeep - Hayden Walsh vs Can Sandys Parish 2019

T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 Match 1 Scorecard

South Africa: 194/4 (20 overs)

USA: 176/6 (20 overs)

South Africa won by 18 runs