South Africa will be up against Canada in the ninth match of the ICC 2026 WT20. This match will be played at Sinhalese Sports Club and this is a Group D Fixture. Aiden Markram will lead the South Africa side for this tournament. They were the finalists of the previous WT20 and will be keen to go one step further this time around. They won the last T20I series against West Indies and will be confident coming into this WT20.

On the other hand, Canada lost the warm up match against Nepal but a few players looked in good touch and they will be keen to get some good results. Dilpreet Bajwa will lead the side for Canada. They have already shown it in the last WT20 by defeating Ireland and they would be keen to do well once again in this tournament. In this article we look at the playing XIs, top picks, pitch reports for this match.

T20 World Cup 2026: South Africa vs Canada Match Prediction - Who will win?

South Africa vs Canada Match Details

South Africa vs Canada Stats

South Africa vs Canada Pitch Report

The surface at Narendra Modi Stadium will be excellent for batting and with quick outfield we can expect a high scoring fixture. The average score at this venue will be around 170.

South Africa vs Canada Probable Playing XI

South Africa: Aiden Markram(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi

Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa (C), Harsh Thaker, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva, Kaleem Sana, Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Dilon Heyliger

South Africa vs Canada Dream11 Captaincy Picks

Marco Jansen is a talented all-rounder and has picked up 22 wickets while also scoring 195 runs in 24 T20I matches. He will be a SA vs CAN Dream11 captaincy pick.

Quinton de Kock recently scored a century against West Indies and he will be a top pick in this SA vs CAN Dream11 match.

South Africa vs Canada Match winner South Africa look a better side when we compare the overall squad of both sides and South Africa are expected to win this match.