Netherlands won this game by 13 runs to provide the 13th occasion of an Associate team winning the T20 World Cup game against a Test playing nation. All such occasions are tabulated below. Afghanistan and Ireland were granted test status in Jun 2017. Afghanistan played its first ever test against India at Bengaluru in Jun 2018 while Ireland played its first ever test against England in Jul 2019 at Lord’s

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Netherlands	Won	04 wkts	v England	Lord’s	05 Jun 2009
2	Ireland	Won	06 wkts	v Bangladesh	Nottingham	08 Jun 2009
3	Ireland	Won	03 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
4	Hong Kong	Won	02 wkts	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	20 Mar 2014
5	Netherlands	Won	45 runs	v England	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
6	Afghanistan	Won	59 runs	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	12 Mar 2016
7	Afghanistan	Won	06 runs	v West Indies	Nagpur	27 Mar 2016
8	Scotland	Won	06 runs	v Bangladesh	Al Amerat	17 Oct 2021
9	Namibia	Won	08 wkts	v Ireland	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021
10	Namibia	Won	55 runs	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	16 Oct 2022
11	Scotland	Won	42 runs	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Oct 2022
12	Netherlands	Won	05 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	02 Nov 2022
13	Netherlands	Won	13 runs	v South Africa	Adelaide	06 Nov 2022

It also provides the fourth occasion of Netherlands winning a game against a test playing nation in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Netherlands	Won	04 wkts	v England	Lord’s	05 Jun 2009
2	Netherlands	Won	45 runs	v England	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
3	Netherlands	Won	05 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	02 Nov 2022
4	Netherlands	Won	13 runs	v South Africa	Adelaide	06 Nov 2022

Netherlands became the first team to post a win against a Test playing nation on four occasions in the T20 World Cup.  Afghanistan, Ireland, Namibia and Scotland are the other teams which have posted two wins against Test playing nations in the T20 World Cup.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Afghanistan	Won	59 runs	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	12 Mar 2016
2	Afghanistan	Won	06 runs	v West Indies	Nagpur	27 Mar 2016
1	Ireland	Won	06 wkts	v Bangladesh	Nottingham	08 Jun 2009
2	Ireland	Won	03 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
1	Namibia	Won	08 wkts	v Ireland	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021
2	Namibia	Won	55 runs	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	16 Oct 2022
1	Netherlands	Won	04 wkts	v England	Lord’s	05 Jun 2009
2	Netherlands	Won	45 runs	v England	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
3	Netherlands	Won	05 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	02 Nov 2022
4	Netherlands	Won	13 runs	v South Africa	Adelaide	06 Nov 2022
1	Scotland	Won	06 runs	v Bangladesh	Al Amerat	17 Oct 2021
2	Scotland	Won	42 runs	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Oct 2022

T Bavuma and Q de Kock opened the innings for South Africa in this game to provide the 21st occasion of Captain and wicket keeper opening the innings in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No		Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	C	WTS Porterfield	31	2	Ire	Srl	Lord’s	14 Jun 2009
	2	K	NJ O’Brien	31	2	Ire	Srl	Lord’s	14 Jun 2009
2	1	C	WTS Porterfield	40	2	Ire	Pak	The Oval	15 Jun 2009
	2	K	NJ O’Brien	07	2	Ire	Pak	The Oval	15 Jun 2009
3	1	C	Nawroz Mangal	22	2	Afg	Ind	Col-RPS	19 Sep 2012
	2	K	Mohd Shahzad	18	2	Afg	Ind	Col-RPS	19 Sep 2012
4	1	C	Nawroz Mangal	08	2	Afg	Eng	Col-RPS	21 Sep 2012
	2	K	Mohd Shahzad	01	2	Afg	Eng	Col-RPS	21 Sep 2012
5	1	C	Babar Azam	09	2	Pak	NZl	Sharjah	26 Oct 2021
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	33	2	Pak	NZl	Sharjah	26 Oct 2021
6	1	C	Babar Azam	51	2	Pak	Afg	Dub-DSC	29 Oct 2021
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	08	2	Pak	Afg	Dub-DSC	29 Oct 2021
7	1	C	Babar Azam	70	1	Pak	Nam	Abu Dhabi	02 Nov 2021
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	79*	1	Pak	Nam	Abu Dhabi	02 Nov 2021
8	1	C	Babar Azam	66	1	Pak	Sco	Sharjah	07 Nov 2021
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	15	1	Pak	Sco	Sharjah	07 Nov 2021
9	1	C	Babar Azam	39	1	Pak	Aus	Dub-DSC	11 Nov 2021
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	67	1	Pak	Aus	Dub-DSC	11 Nov 2021
10	1	C	CR Ervine	09	1	Zim	Ire	Hobart	17 Oct 2022
	2	K	RW Chakabva	00	1	Zim	Ire	Hobart	17 Oct 2022
11	1	C	CR Ervine	58	2	Zim	Sco	Hobart	21 Oct 2022
	2	K	RW Chakabva	04	2	Zim	Sco	Hobart	21 Oct 2022
12	1	C	Babar Azam	00	1	Pak	Ind	Melbourne	23 Oct 2022
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	04	1	Pak	Ind	Melbourne	23 Oct 2022
13	1	C	CR Ervine	02	1	Zim	RSA	Hobart	24 Oct 2022
	2	K	RW Chakabva	08	1	Zim	RSA	Hobart	24 Oct 2022
14	1	C	T Bavuma	02	2	RSA	Zim	Hobart	24 Oct 2022
	2	K	Q de Kock	63	2	RSA	Zim	Hobart	24 Oct 2022
15	1	C	T Bavuma	02*	2	RSA	Ban	Sydney	27 Oct 2022
	2	K	Q de Kock	47*	2	RSA	Ban	Sydney	27 Oct 2022
16	1	C	Babar Azam	04	2	Pak	Zim	Perth	27 Oct 2022
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	14	2	Pak	Zim	Perth	27 Oct 2022
17	1	C	Babar Azam	04	2	Pak	Net	Perth	30 Oct 2022
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	49	2	Pak	Net	Perth	30 Oct 2022
18	1	C	T Bavuma	10	2	RSA	Ind	Perth	30 Oct 2022
	2	K	Q de Kock	01	2	RSA	Ind	Perth	30 Oct 2022
19	1	C	Babar Azam	6	2	Pak	RSA	Sydney	03 Nov 2022
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	4	2	Pak	RSA	Sydney	03 Nov 2022
20	1	C	T Bavuma	36	2	RSA	Ind	Sydney	03 Nov 2022
	2	K	Q de Kock	0	2	RSA	Ind	Sydney	03 Nov 2022
21	1	C	T Bavuma	20	2	RSA	Net	Adelaide	06 Nov 2022
	2	K	Q de Kock	13	2	RSA	Ind	Adelaide	06 Nov 2022

It also provides the fifth occasion of South African captain and wicket keepers opening the innings for a team in the history of T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No		Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	C	T Bavuma	02	2	RSA	Zim	Hobart	24 Oct 2022
	2	K	Q de Kock	63	2	RSA	Zim	Hobart	24 Oct 2022
2	1	C	T Bavuma	02*	2	RSA	Ban	Sydney	27 Oct 2022
	2	K	Q de Kock	47*	2	RSA	Ban	Sydney	27 Oct 2022
3	1	C	T Bavuma	10	2	RSA	Ind	Perth	30 Oct 2022
	2	K	Q de Kock	01	2	RSA	Ind	Perth	30 Oct 2022
4	1	C	T Bavuma	36	2	RSA	Ind	Sydney	03 Nov 2022
	2	K	Q de Kock	0	2	RSA	Ind	Sydney	03 Nov 2022
5	1	C	T Bavuma	20	2	RSA	Net	Adelaide	06 Nov 2022
	2	K	Q de Kock	13	2	RSA	Ind	Adelaide	06 Nov 2022

SL Myburgh scored seven boundary fours in his knock of 37 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 100 boundary fours in T20Is. He became the second Netherlands opening batsman to score 100 boundary fours in T20Is. MP O’Dowd has scored 164 boundary fours in T20Is

SL Myburgh scored seven boundary fours in his knock of 37 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 100 boundary fours in T20Is. He became the third Netherlands batsman to score 100 boundary fours in T20Is. Others are – MP O’Dowd {166} and BN Cooper {118}

Netherlands posted its ninth win in the T20 World Cup whlle South Africa lost its 15th game in the competition.