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South Africa vs Afghanistan LIVE Score, T20 World Cup semi-final 1: South Africa storm into their first men’s World Cup final with a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Afghanistan. The 57-run chase was completed in under nine overs.
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South Africa vs Afghanistan Highlights, T20 World Cup Semi-Final 1: South Africa storm into their first men’s World Cup final with a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Afghanistan. The 57-run chase was completed in under nine overs.
South Africa vs Afghanistan, T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-final 1, Preview: South Africa and Afghanistan will be hoping to make history on Wednesday, or early Thursday morning if you’re in India, in the first semi-final of the 2024 T20 World Cup at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago.
The ICC’s showpiece T20 event will have a first-time finalist after all in the form of the winner of the upcoming clash. Afghanistan had narrowly missed out on the semi-finals of last year’s ODI World Cup despite defeating England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and nearly beating Australia.
With their 84-run hammering of New Zealand in the group stage of the 2024 T20 World Cup along with their 21-run victory over Australia and 8-run victory over Bangladesh in the Super 8s, Rashid Khan’s men have finally achieved their dream of playing World Cup knockouts — a little over a decade after making their first appearance in a major ICC event.
Qualifying for the summit clash will be just as historic for the Proteas if not more, after their long history of World Cup heartbreaks. While South Africa did win the inaugural Champions Trophy (then called KnockOut Tournament) the fact that a team of their calibre is yet to make an appearance in a World Cup final, let alone win one, is what has stumped many a cricket follower.
South Africa have the upper hand entering Wednesday’s clash given they are one of the only two teams still unbeaten in the tournament — along with India. Given the unpredictability of the format as well as Afghanistan’s reputation as giant-killers, their unbeaten run is bit a slight advantage.
It’s also worth noting that while Afghanistan have registered comprehensive victories over teams such as New Zealand, a majority of South Africa’s victories have been nervy affairs where they needed an extraordinary performance or two to stave off defeat.
Squads:
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Bjorn Fortuin, Ryan Rickelton
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (c), Nangeyalia Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Najibullah Zadran, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Ishaq
