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South Africa vs Afghanistan, Semi Final 1 Cricket Score: The South African team has created history in Trinidad. South Africa defeated Afghanistan by 9 wickets to reach the T20 World Cup final for the first time. The African team had a target of 57 runs to win in Trinidad. Which the Proteas easily achieved in 8.5 overs with the loss of just 1 wicket. Riza Hendricks, who opened the innings for the team, played the highest innings of 29 runs in 25 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Apart from that, captain Aidan Markram, who is batting at number three, played an unbeaten innings of 23 runs with the help of 4 fours in 21 balls. Apart from these two batsmen, Quinton de Kock scored 5 runs in 8 balls with the help of 1 four. ,Live score,
Afghanistan team has definitely faced defeat against South Africa. But as much as we praise Afghanistan’s players, there is less. In today’s match too, he took the score of the opposition team to 57 runs. He performed brilliantly in the tournament. Well, he failed to reach the finals and his journey is now over.
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Fazalhaq Farooqui was the only successful bowler
Fazalhaq Farooqui was the only successful bowler from Afghanistan in today’s match against South Africa. He bowled 2 overs for his team and scored 1 for 11 runs. His victim was Quinton de Kock, the opening batsman of the opposition team.
Afghanistan managed to score 56 runs
Earlier, after winning the toss and batting first, the Afghanistan team managed to score 56 runs for the loss of all wickets in 11.5 overs. Azmatullah Omarzai was the only batsman for the team to reach double figures against the African bowlers. Batting at number four, he played an innings of 10 runs off 12 balls. Apart from that, other batsmen of the team were out in single digits.
The havoc of African bowlers
During the bowling today, the bowlers of Africa created havoc in Trinidad. Marco Janssen and Tabrez Shamsi went 3-3 respectively for the team. Apart from him, Kagiso Rabada and Enrique Norcia took 2 wickets each.
Marco Jensen became the ‘Player of the Match’
African all-rounder Marco Jansen has been adjudged the ‘Player of the Match’ for his brilliant bowling in the match. He gave the opposition team a big early shock. Due to which the opposition team could not recover till the end. For the team he bowled 3 overs and scored 16 runs and got 3 hits.
The playing 11 of both the teams for today’s match was as follows
Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Umarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbuddin Naib, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharuti, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Noor Ahmed, Naveen ul Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui and Farid Ahmed Malik. .
South Africa: Aidan Markram (capt), Otneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortune, Riza Hendricks, Marco Jensen, Henrik Klaassen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Enrich Norquia, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickleton, Tribes Stubbs.