South Africa beat Afghanistan in the semi-finals to
become the first team to reach the T20 World Cup 2024. With this win, South
Africa entered the World Cup final for the first time and removed the tag of
chokers from the team. The South African team has been out of the semi-finals
of the ODI World Cup 5 times and the T20 World Cup 2 times.
Now the second team to reach the final will be
decided at night. India and England will face each other at the Providence
Stadium in Guyana. The odds of a match have also increased, as the chance of
rain has dropped to 40%.
Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat
first at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago. The team was bundled
out for 56 runs in just 11.5 overs. In reply, South Africa chased down the
target by losing 1 wicket in 8.5 overs.
Afghanistan has the lowest team total in T-20
Internationals. The team's previous lowest score was 72 against Bangladesh in
the 2014 T20 World Cup.
No batsman could play a big innings from
Afghanistan. Azmatullah Omarzai was the top scorer with 10 runs. Apart from
that, not a single player could cross the double figure. Marco Janssen and
Tabrez Shamsi of South Africa took 3 wickets each. Kagiso Rabada and Enrique
Norcia took 2 wickets each.
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