T20 World Cup: In the first semi-final of T20 WORLD CUP 2024(SA vs AFG), South Africa defeated Afghanistan by 9 wickets and confirmed their place in the final. For the first time, South Africa entered the final by removing the stain of chokers. The decision to bat first after winning the toss proved costly for Afghanistan.
The entire Afghan team was all out for 56 runs in 11.5 overs. In response, South Africa easily won the match by scoring 60 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 8.5 overs. Reeza Hendricks played an unbeaten innings of 29 and Aiden Markram an unbeaten innings of 23 runs. De Kock was out after scoring just 5 runs. Now South Africa will face the winner of the semi-final match between India and England in the final.
10 Batsmen could not cross the double-digit mark
Afghanistan’s team collapsed for just 56 runs in 11.5 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (0), Ibrahim Zadran (2), Gulbadin Naib (9), Mohammad Nabi (0), Nangyal Kharoti (2), Azmatullah Umarzai (10), Karim Janat (8), Noor Ahmed (0), Rashid Khan (8) and Naveen Ul Haq (2) all got out. Marco Jansen and Tabrez Shamsi took 3-3 wickets for South Africa. Apart from this, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje took 2-2 wickets. Shamshi took 3 wickets for 6 runs in 1.5 overs.
The second team to reach the final will be decided at 8 pm. When India and England teams will face each other in Providence Stadium of Guyana. The chances of the match happening have also increased because the chances of rain have reduced to 40%. Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss in Brian Lara Stadium of Trinidad and got all out on 56 runs. South Africa achieved this target by losing 1 wicket.
Reeza Hendricks scored 29 runs. Marco Jansen who took 3 wickets in 3 overs became the man of the match. Afghanistan made the lowest score in a World Cup semi-final, just 56 runs. Played only 11.5 overs in 20 overs. South Africa started playing World Cup in 1992 and reached the final after 32 years. It reached the semi-final in the very first World Cup i.e. 1992.
In 1999, the semi-final between South Africa and Australia was drawn. Australia reached the final because Australia was above South Africa in the table in the Super-6 matches. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said before the match that we are very excited. No one has slept much, but we will play for victory. Afghanistan reached the semi-finals of any World Cup for the first time. The team had no experience of handling pressure in such matches. The team could not withstand the pressure and fell apart while batting.
Has South Africa ever reached a World Cup final?
We need to talk about how good Marco Jansen & Kagiso Rabada have been since our previous game against West Indies.
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TAROOBA, South Africa reached their first T20 World Cup final after beating an emotionally drained Afghanistan by nine wickets, putting behind the painful heartbreak(SA vs AFG) of their semi-final appearance thanks to an extraordinary spell of fast bowling.
Whose team qualifies for T20 World Cup 2024?
Afghanistan has become the fourth team to qualify for the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 along with India, South Africa, and defending champions England.
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