South Africa vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup highlights: SA beat AFG by 9 wickets

South Africa beat Afghanistan by 9 wickets. Reach the final of T20 World Cup 2024. The will await the winner of India vs England. The final will take place on June 29, 2024.

South Africa are 35/1 after 6.4 overs.

Runs have started to come suddenly. South Africa have reached the mark of 21 and just need 36 more runs to win the match.

Naveen ul-haq was able to get a faint edge from Markram's bat but nobody appealed and the replay shows a clear spike. SA-6/1 after 3.2 overs.

Fazalhaq Farooqi gets the wicket of Quinton De Kock. He departs after scoring 5 runs. SA-5/1 after 2 overs.

South Africa's chase has begun. Quinton de Kock and Reeza Henricks in the middle.

Afghanistan have been bundled out at the score of 56 in 11.5 overs. South Africa would need 57 to win the match and advance to the final.

Nortje gets the wicket of Afghanistan. He departs on 8. AFG 9 down at 50 after 10.2 overs.

Afghanistan innings are almost done. Shamsi picks another wicket. Noor departs on 0. AFG-50/8 after 9.5 overs.

Just when a little partnership was beginning to thrive, South Africa have struck again. Shamsi gets the wicket of Karim Janat. He departs at 8. Afghanistan are 7 down at the score of 50 after 9.4 overs.

Nortje gets the wicket of Azmatullah. AFG are 6 down at the score of 29, with 7 overs being bowled. 

Afghanistan are 5 down. Jansen gets the wicket of Kharote. AFG-28/5 after 6 overs.

Rabada dismisses Mohammed Nabi on a duck. AFG-20/4 after 3.4 overs.

South Africa get two wickets in quick succession. First Jensen got the wicket of Gulbadin and now Rabada has clean bowled Zadran. Afghanistan in trouble. AFG-20/3 after 3.3 overs.

South Africa gets the early breakthrough. Rahmanullah Gurbaz departs on a duck. Marco Jensen gets his wicket. AFG-4/1 after 1st over.

Afghanistan are off the mark courtesy of an outside edge on Ibrahim Zadran.

The AFG vs SA semi final is about to begin.

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan(c), Nangeyalia Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan has won the toss and elected to bat first.

The SA vs AFG match is slated to be held at Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad. The match will begin at 6:00 AM IST. The toss will take place at 5:30 AM IST.

The live streaming of the SA vs AFG match will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website. The live broadcast will be shown on Star Sports TV channels.
 

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