South Africa captain Aiden Markram admits after the win against Netherlands that history was there and they were under pressure in the match.

South Africa beat Netherlands by a narrow margin of 4 wickets on Saturday (8th June) at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York. This is the first win for South Africa against Dutch in the ICC events after losing two matches in previous encounters. They lost to Netherlands in the last T20 World Cup by 13 runs.

Ottneil Baartman's brilliant four-far reduced Netherlands to a below par 103 runs. In reply, South Africa fluffed the chase with losing top four inside the powerplay but their talismanic finisher Miller powered them to the 4 wicket victory over Dutch.

“We knew they were always going to up for a scrap. It's a game of cricket ultimately. History before this game was obviously they beat us. It's a mental blockade... We were under pressure again today. Pretty close. If you look at 19 [12] for 4, to squeeze the win out of there is good for the team environment,” Markram said.

With the win, South Africa have registered 2 wins out of 2 matches they played till now against Sri Lanka and Netherlands. On the other hand, Netherlands won one and lost one.