Rassie van der Dussen and Andile Phehlukwayo played sensible innings to help South Africa win by 5 wickets against Afghanistan in the 9th league match of the World Cup 2023. For South Africa, who were chasing the target, Rasi came to bat at number three. He played an innings of 76 runs in 95 balls with the help of 6 fours and 1 six. Rashid and Nabi took 2-2 wickets for Afghanistan. ,
In the match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Afghanistan, after winning the toss and batting first, was all out for 244 runs in 50 overs. Azmatullah Urzai, who came at number five for the team, had played a brilliant inning of 97 runs, which could not help the team. During this period, Gerald Coetzee took 4 wickets for South Africa.
Chasing the target, South Africa was given a good start by Quinton de Kock and captain Temba Bavuma, who made a partnership of 64 runs (66 balls) for the first wicket. This growing partnership was broken by Mujeeb ur Rehman in the 11th over by dismissing captain Bavuma for 23 runs. After this, Quinton de Kock also walked on the first ball of the 14th over. De Kock scored 41 runs in 47 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes.
Then for the third wicket, Rassie van der Dussen and Markram made a partnership of 50 runs, which was broken by the wicket of Markram in the 24th over. Markram was dismissed by Rashid Khan on the score of 25 runs. Then in the 28th over, Heinrich Klaasen (10), who came to bat at number five, also became the victim of Rashid Khan. In this way, Africa lost 4 wickets for 139 runs and at one time it seemed that the match was going in Afghanistan’s camp, but Rassie van der Dussen stood at the crease and played an important role in helping the team win.
After Klaasen’s dismissal, Rasi made a partnership of 43 runs for the fifth wicket with left-hander David Miller. However, this partnership could not last long and Nabi ended it by taking the wicket of David Mivar in the 38th over. Miller was out after scoring 24 runs. Then for the sixth wicket, Rassie van der Dussen and Andile Phehlukwayo made an unbeaten 65* (62 balls) partnership and led the team to victory. Rasi returned unbeaten on 76 and Andile Phehlukwayo scored 39 runs in 37 balls with the help of 1 four and 3 sixes.
This was how Afghanistan’s bowling was.
Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan took 2-2 wickets for Afghanistan. Apart from this, Mujeeb ur Rehman got 1 success.
