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T20 World Cup 2024: The first team for the T20 World Cup 2024 final has been decided. Afghanistan lost to South Africa in the first semi-final. In the knockout match, the Afghan team was all out cheaply in front of Africa's lethal bowling. With this, the team registered the most shameful record in the T20 World Cup. This happened for the first time in the knockout.
deadly bowling by south africa
The first semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup was played between South Africa and Afghanistan. Both teams had come with the dream of making it to the finals for the first time. In this match, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bat first. In front of South Africa's lethal bowling, Afghanistan's entire team collapsed for just 56 runs in 11.5 overs. Afghanistan's batting line-up collapsed like a pack of cards against Kagiso Rabada, Enrique Norkhia, Marco Jensen and Tabrez Shamsi.
Afghanistan made a shameful record
With this, Afghanistan made a shameful record by scoring its lowest score in T20 international cricket. This is the lowest score in any knockout match of T20 World Cup. South African bowlers dominated the match. The South African team created history by chasing the target in just 8.5 overs. With this, Africa has made it to the final of the World Cup.
More runs than batsmen
The shameful thing about this match was that 13 runs of Afghanistan batsmen came from extras. In which 6 runs came from bye, 6 runs from wide and 1 run came from leg bye. Afghanistan failed miserably against South Africa, none of its batsmen could score more than 10 runs. Azmatullah Umarzai was the top scorer with 10 runs.