2 min readMar 12, 2026 06:30 PM IST Former England captain Michael Vaughan has referred to South Africa as the ‘stupidest team’ for not allowing the West Indies to defeat them in their T20 World Cup Super 8 clash in Ahmedabad and virtually knock India out of the competition. The Aiden Markram-led side beat West Indies by nine wickets before India defeated Zimbabwe on the same day and ensured that they kept their semi-final qualification chances alive. “I tell you, who I think is the stupidest team of the tournament? South Africa. Because if South Africa had allowed the West Indies to beat them in the Super 8s, India would have been knocked out. I’m just saying – if they had cleared them out, the juggernaut that was coming would have stopped.” SURYAKUMAR YADAV EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TO THE INDIAN EXPRESS AFTER WINNING T20 WORLD CUP 2026 “By winning that game, they allowed the juggernaut to go on. India then beat Zimbabwe, then the West Indies in a kind of quarterfinal, and then England. South Africa …