SA vs AFG T20 World Cup: South Africa reached the final for the first time, won the match in 53 balls, Afghanistan’s shameful surrender

New Delhi. South Africa has reached the final of the T20 World Cup. In the semi-finals, it bowled out Afghanistan, which had high hopes, for just 56 runs. Due to this excellent performance of its bowlers, South Africa managed to give its best performance in the World Cup history. After the African bowlers, the batsmen also performed well. South Africa achieved the target by losing one wicket in 8.5 overs.

South Africa has made it to the final of the T20 World Cup for the first time. Before this, it had reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup twice (2009, 2014), but could not make it to the final. Pakistan defeated South Africa in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2009. Whereas in 2014, India eliminated it before the final.

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The final match will be between India and England
South Africa may face India or England in the final. The second semi-final of the T20 World Cup is to be played between India and England. This match will be played in Georgetown, Guyana at 8 pm (Indian time).

No batsman could score more than extra runs
Afghanistan, which reached the semi-finals after defeating teams like Australia and New Zealand, disappointed its fans in the match against South Africa. After winning the toss and batting first, the entire Afghanistan team was all out after scoring 56 runs in 71 balls. Azmatullah Omarzai was the top scorer for Afghanistan. He scored 10 runs. And no other batsman could touch double figures. Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Nabi and Noor Ali could not even open their account. Afghanistan got 13 runs as extras.

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Jansen-Shamsi took 3-3 wickets
Tabrez Shamsi and Marco Jansen took the most wickets from Afghanistan. Both of them took 3 wickets each. Shamsi bowled just 11 balls and took 3 wickets in that. Marco Jansen took 3 wickets for 16 runs. Kagiso Rabada and Enrique Norkia took two wickets each.

Won the match with 67 balls remaining
A target of 57 runs was not going to be difficult for any team. South Africa also achieved this target easily. They scored 60 runs in 8.5 overs after losing one wicket. When South Africa won the match, 67 balls of their innings were still left. Reeza Hendricks remained unbeaten on 29 and Aiden Markram on 23. Quinton de Kock was out after scoring 5 runs. Fazalhuq Farooqi took the only wicket for Afghanistan.

Tags: Afghanistan Cricket, ICC T20 world cup, south africa, T20 World Cup

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