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T20 World Cup 2024: The first semi-final of the T20 World Cup was played today at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. In which South Africa defeated Afghanistan by 9 wickets and made it to the T20 World Cup final. Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first but their decision backfired and they had to pay the price for it by losing. The entire team was out cheaply.
winning the toss and batting first
Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first. The whole team was out for just 56 runs. This is Afghanistan's lowest score of batting first in T20 history. South Africa got a target of just 57 runs to win. Afghanistan, which dominated the batting on the strength of the openers, could not do anything special today. Gurbaz was out for zero runs and Zadran for 2 runs. Out of the whole team, only Umarzai could cross the double-digit mark and scored the highest 10 runs. 3 players were out for zero runs. For South Africa, Marco Jensen, Tabrez Shamsi took 3-3 wickets while Rabada and Nortje took 2-2 wickets.
They started chasing the target after losing one wicket
South Africa lost the wicket of a player like Quinton de Kock right from the beginning of the innings. He was out after scoring 5 runs. However, after this Hendricks and Markam took over the innings and Africa scored 60 runs at the loss of one wicket in 8.5 overs and won the match by 9 wickets and entered the final of the tournament in a spectacular manner. Farooqi got the only wicket from Afghanistan.