However, Mapaka broke the record for the most five wickets in the tournament. He took 5/38 against West Indies, 5/34 against Zimbabwe and 6/21 in the penultimate match of the tournament against South Africa and Sri Lanka. Ranka helped Proteas advance to the knockout stage.
Only four players have ever taken two five-wicket hauls in an Under-19 World Cup, with the Mafaka trio’s record of five fours being Sri Lanka’s Danis Welaraju (2022) and Afghanistan’s Shafiqullah Ghaffari. (2020), surpassing the effort of Pakistan’s Anwar Ali (2006). and Riaz Afridi (2004).