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T20 World Cup: Defeating Afghanistan By 9-Wickets South Africa Reaches Final

South Africa on Thursaday reached finals of Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 as it defeated Afghanistan by 9-wickets in the latest match held between teams at Brian Lara Stadium.

South Africa reduced Afghanistan to 56 for 10 in 11.5 overs. Team struggled to score runs on the difficult wicket while batting first earlier. Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje claimed two wickets apiece, while Marco Jansen and Tabraiz Shamsi both claimed three wickets.

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As the Proteas men chased down the total in 8.5 overs for the loss of one wicket to advance to their first-ever ICC final, they were led by Reeza Hendricks, who played an innings of 29 off 25 deliveries, and captain Aiden Markram, who scored 23 runs.

Afghanistan 56 all out in 11.5 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 10, Rashid Khan 8; Tabraiz Shamsi 3-6, Marci Jansen 3-16) lost to South Africa 60 for 1 in 8.5 overs (Reeza Hendricks 29 not out, Aiden Markram 23 not out; Fazalhaq Farooqi 1-11) by nine wickets in T20 World Cup.

Afghanistan will now progress to Saturday’s final in Barbados unbeaten as they look to win a World Cup for the first time.

They will play England or India, who meet in the second semi-final on Thursday in Guyana

Shibra Arshad

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