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South Africa has defeated Afghanistan and booked its ticket to the final of T20 World Cup 2024. With this, the first finalist team of T20 World Cup 2024 has been confirmed. Now in the final match on June 29, South Africa will face the winner of the second semi-final to be played between India and England. South Africa defeated Afghanistan by 9 wickets in the first semi-final of T20 World Cup 2024.
This is the first time in the history of the tournament that the South African team has reached the final. Earlier, it had lost 2 chances to achieve this milestone in the 2009 and 2014 T20 World Cups. South Africa then had to face defeat from Pakistan and India. But, this time they have written a historic script for themselves by breaking Afghanistan’s hopes.
South Africa created history by reaching the final
This is the first time in the history of T20 World Cup that South Africa’s team has booked its ticket to the final. In this sense, the victory over Afghanistan was historic for South Africa. The good thing is that South Africa travelled to the final of the tournament riding on the chariot of victory. This was their 8th consecutive match in the T20 World Cup 2024, which they won.
Afghanistan paid the price for poor batting
Talking about the match, Afghanistan batted first in it. However, their batting was in such a bad condition in front of South Africa’s fiery bowling that they could not even play the full 20 overs. Their innings ended in just 11.5 overs. Afghanistan scored only 56 runs while playing first and gave South Africa a target of 57 runs.
South Africa won in 8.5 overs
South Africa, chasing the target given by Afghanistan, achieved the target of 57 runs in just 8.5 overs by losing 1 wicket. South Africa’s only wicket fell in the form of Quinton de Kock, who was dismissed after scoring 1 run. De Kock’s wicket was taken by Farooqui. Later, Reeza Hendricks (29 not out) and Aiden Markram (23 not out) returned to guide the team to victory.
