In the first semi-final of T20 World Cup, South Africa qualified for the final for the first time by defeating Afghanistan after a one-sided match by 9 wickets.
Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first against Protease.
First inning:
The entire Afghanistan team was bowled out for just 56 runs in 11.5 overs.
On behalf of Afghanistan, only Azmatullah Umarzai has managed to score 10 runs, Rehmanullah Garbaz, Muhammad Nabi and Noor Ahmad scored zero.
Ibrahim Zadran 2, Gulbuddin Naib 9, Ningyalia Kharote 2, Karim Jannat 8, Rashid Khan 8 and Naveen ul Haq scored 2 runs.
On behalf of South Africa, Marco Johnson and Tabriz Shamsi took 3, 3 wickets while Rabada and Enrique Nokia took 2, 2 wickets.
Second inning:
South African batsman Quinton de Kock, who came to open the innings against Afghanistan, returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs.
South Africa’s Reza Hendricks played an unbeaten innings of 29 and captain Adrian Markram played a not out innings of 23 runs to take their team to the final.
Fazl Haq Farooqui took the only wicket of the innings for Afghanistan.
Today, the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup will be played between India and England at 7.30 pm in Providence, the final of the event will be played in Bridgetown on Saturday, June 29.
