Massive effort from bowlers to restrict NZ to gettable target: Markram

AHMEDABAD: (Feb 14) South Africa captain Aiden Markram lauded his bowlers for their “massive effort”, saying restricting a dangerous batting unit like New Zealand to a gettable total was the key to their comfortable win, which all but secured their place in the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup here on Saturday.

South Africa rode on Markram and Marco Jansen’s batting and bowling exploits to beat New Zealand by seven wickets in a crucial Group D match.

Jansen recorded career-best figures of 4/40 as South Africa restricted New Zealand to 175 for 7 after opting to bowl in the crucial match.