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South Africa defeated Afghanistan and made it to the T20 World Cup final. South Africa has reached the World Cup final for the first time. The team’s stigma of being a choker has also been removed. South Africa has been eliminated from the semi-finals of ODIs 5 times and T20 World Cups 2 times.
The second team for the final will be decided at 8 pm at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. Here India and England will face each other.
In the first semi-final, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan won the toss. Batted first on the pitch of Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. Afghanistan was all out for 56 runs. South Africa achieved this target by losing 1 wicket. Reeza Hendricks scored 29 runs. Marco Jansen, who took 3 wickets in 3 overs, became the man of the match.
Afghanistan lost 2 wickets in 3 overs. Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmatullah Omarzai were at the crease. They had to achieve a fighting total. Rabada bowled out opener Zadran in the fourth over. After this, the most experienced batsman Mohammad Nabi was also sent to the pavilion.
Aiden Markram after winning the match
South African captain Markram said, “Now we have to lift the trophy. Losing the toss was beneficial for us. We would have also batted first. We had never reached the final before, but there was confidence. This is the result of the efforts of the entire team.”
Rashid Khan after losing the match
Afghanistan captain Rashid said, “We could have done better, but it could not happen due to the conditions. We are capable of defeating any team. We have to overcome the pressure against big teams. A lot of hard work has to be done, especially on the middle order. We got some good results, but there was a need to do well in batting.”
