In the first match between South Africa and USA, South Africa won the match by 18 runs with USA due to great performance in batting and bowling. After winning this match, South Africa was placed in the 2nd position with 2 points in group 2 as per the points table of T20 World Cup 2024.

Earlier, USA won the toss and chose to bowl first thus South Africa first batted and made a huge score of 194/4 in 20 overs due to great batting by Quinton de Kock 74 (40), Aiden Markram 46 (32), and Heinrich Klaasen 36* (22). Both Saurabh Netravalkar 2/21 (4) and Harmeet Singh 2/24 (4) were good bowling from the USA side. After this inning, South Africa set a huge target of 195 runs in 20 overs for USA to win this match.

During chasing, USA scored 176/6 in 20 overs and lost the match by 18 runs with South Africa due to great bowling by Kagiso Rabada 3/18 (4), Keshav Maharaj 1/24 (4), and Anrich Nortje 1/37 (4). Andries Gous 80* (47), Harmeet Singh 38 (22), and Steven Taylor 24 (14) were good batting from the USA side.

Quinton de Kock (SA), 74 (40), was declared as the Player of the Match due to great performance in batting.