New Zealand has won the toss and chosen to bat in the first of five Twenty20 internationals against South Africa, beginning only a week after New Zealand’s loss to India in the T20 World Cup final.

New Zealand plays a five-match T20 Cricket series against South Africa in March 2026, here is the schedule for the event.

New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi has been ruled out of the T20I series against South Africa due to a fractured thumb sustained in training. The injury will sideline him for at least four weeks, impacting the team's spin attack.

While the men's teams have second-string squads, the women's teams are going full-strength with a World Cup on the horizon

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A new-look South Africa dominated New Zealand in the first T20, winning by seven wickets. Debutant Nqobani Mokoena impressed with three wickets as the visitors were dismissed for 91. South Africa chased the target comfortably,

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South Africa won the 2026 men's World Rugby sevens series, holding out against a late rally from Fiji on Sunday to win the final at the last tournament of the regular season. Fiji and South Africa were tied atop the season standings heading into the New York Sevens,