LIVE: South Africa step on the gas against Afghanistan

Another massive day at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup on Wednesday as 2021 champions Australia make their tournament debut and a pair of two-time winners go head-to-head.

Action starts off in Ahmedabad where 2024 runners up South Africa face a tricky contest against Afghanistan.

Australia then make their first appearance at the tournament when they take on Ireland in Colombo, while England and the West Indies will battle it out in Mumbai in an intriguing clash.

South Africa v Afghanistan

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan won the toss and elected to field in their must-win T20 World Cup clash against South Africa in Ahmedabad.

There was some freshness in the pitch for the morning game and Afghanistan were able to keep South African batters quiet for the first three overs.

Fazalhaq Farooqi drew first blood, dismissing South Africa captain Aiden Markram off a slower ball that he ended up mistiming a to mid-off.

Despite the early wicket, Quinton de Kock and Ryan Rickleton picked up the pace and took South Africa to 43/1 in powerplay. The left-handed duo continued in the same vein even after the fielding restrictions were off, hitting freely to power South Africa to 98/1 after 10 overs, including 23 runs off the 10th over.

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

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Gulbadin Naib, Darwish Rasooli, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan (c), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi