It was a moment that went unnoticed during the T20 World Cup 2026 clash between West Indies and South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium during the Super 8 clash, as the two players were engaged in a heated moment during the first innings of the game. On the fourth delivery of the halfway mark, the incident took place between the South African pacer and the West Indies batter.

The pacer was Marco Jansen, who had a word with the batter, Matthew Forde, on the third ball of the tenth over as the pacer shortened the length and pushed one across the batter, who poked and got beaten on the outside edge. On the very next delivery of the over, Jansen went with the same type of ball.

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Forde was already on his backfoot and prepared to use the power to play the big shot. He picked the length early and swiveled across and hammered the pull over the wide mid-wicket for a massive six, as the bowler again had a word with the batter, to which Forde responded.

Marco Jansen and Matthew Forde face heated moment in T20 WC 2026 

The next two balls of the over ended in dots as the umpire had a slight conversation with the batter, who was shocked, as the reaction shows on the video, which went viral on social media platforms. However, he couldn’t stay longer at the crease and was dismissed for 11 runs as he failed to pick the slower ball and was run out at deep.

Watch the video here: 

A heated moment unfolded between Matthew Forde and Marco Jansen 🌶️

Forde smashed Jansen for a massive six and then sledged him, acting like he was the boss.

But the celebration was short-lived he got out in the very next over 😂

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— CricketSanctum (@SanctumCricket) February 26, 2026

Thanks to the superb half-century of 52 runs in 37 balls with the help of four sixes and three boundaries, Romario Shepherd and Jason Holder, with 49 runs in 31 balls, shouldered West Indies over the 175-run mark in their allotted 20 overs of the first innings.

The Proteas completed the chase in 16.1 overs by nine wickets as their captain, Aiden Markram, remained unbeaten on 82 runs in 46 balls with the help of seven boundaries and four sixes at a strike rate of 180. Ryan Rickelton also notched up 45* in 28 balls at a strike rate of 160.71.

Brief Scores: South Africa 177/1 (Aiden Markram 82*, Quinton de Kock 47, Roston Chase 1/46) beat West Indies 176/8 (Romario Shepherd 52*, Lungi Ngidi 3/30) by nine wickets.