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T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan, which won everyone's heart with its strong performance, lost its dream of reaching the T20 World Cup final. South Africa defeated Afghanistan by 9 wickets and made it to the title match for the first time. Now South Africa will face India or England in the final on Saturday. Despite this defeat, the Afghan team, which surprised the entire cricket world with its strong performance, will return home with pride.
South Africa bowled brilliantly and bowled out Afghanistan for just 56 runs. Marco Johnson took 3 wickets for 16 runs while Kagiso Rabada took two wickets for 14 runs and Anrich Norgia took two wickets for 7 runs. Afghanistan's score was 28 runs for five wickets inside the powerplay and the entire team was out in 11.5 overs.
Despite the early fall of Quinton de Kock's wicket, South Africa easily scored 60 runs in 8.5 overs. Reeza Hendricks scored 29 runs and captain Aiden McCram scored 23 runs. Afghanistan put in all their effort to reach the semi-finals, which affected their performance. Their batsmen could not stand against the South African bowlers and the team was out on its lowest score. While South Africa's fast bowlers were at their best, Afghanistan's batsmen were also making mistakes.
India will be happy if South Africa reaches the final
In the history of T20 World Cup, South Africa's performance against India has not been so special. A total of 6 matches have been played between the two teams so far. Out of these, 4 have been won by India and 2 by South Africa. India faced South Africa in the 2014 T20 World Cup semi-final. Team India managed to win this match by 6 wickets. So overall the record of the Indian team has been excellent against Africa. Meanwhile, if India manages to defeat England in the semi-finals, then it will have to play against South Africa in the final.