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The first match of the T20 World Cup semi-final between South Africa and Afghanistan was played in Trinidad today. In this match, South Africa defeated Afghanistan by 9 wickets and entered the final for the first time. When Afghanistan's campaign ended.
In the match, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bat first. After which, Afghanistan's team collapsed for just 56 runs in front of South Africa's lethal bowling. Chasing the target, South Africa achieved the target in 8.5 overs at the loss of 1 wicket.
Shameful performance by Afghanistan
Afghanistan's performance in this match was very poor. Batting first, Afghanistan lost all its wickets at a score of 56 runs. Azmatullah Umarzai was the top scorer of the team with 10 runs. Apart from this, no batsman could touch the double digit mark. 3 players of the team were out without opening their account. At the same time, 7 batsmen of the team were out for less than 5 runs. The team lost the wickets of its top 5 batsmen for just 23 runs. The entire Afghanistan team could not even last 12 overs against South Africa. The team was all out in just 11.5 overs.
Fast bowling from South Africa
South African bowlers dominated the match from the very beginning. Team bowler Marco Johnson pushed them on the backfoot by taking the wicket of Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the very first over. South African bowler Tabrez Shamsi took 3 wickets for 6 runs in 1.5 overs. Anrich Norkhia took 2 wickets for 7 runs in 3 overs. Rabada took 2 wickets for 14 runs in 3 overs with 1 maiden. While Marco Johnson took 3 wickets for 16 runs in 3 overs.
South Africa achieved the target easily
South Africa achieved this small target easily. The team scored 60 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in 8.5 overs. Although Afghanistan bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi took the wicket of Quinton de Kock, captain Aiden Markham and Reeza Hendricks scored 55 runs in 43 balls to lead the team to victory.