Afghanistan’s condition worsened against South Africa in the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024. Batting first in the match, Afghanistan’s team was all out for 56 runs in 11.5 overs by South African bowlers. During this time, Marco Jansen and Tabrez Shamsi took the maximum 3-3 wickets for Africa. Azmatullah Umarzai scored the highest 10 runs for Afghanistan. Umarzai was the only batsman who crossed the double-digit mark for the team.
In the match being played at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat, which did not prove right for them at all. Africa’s bowlers did not allow Afghanistan’s batsmen to stay on the fresh wicket. From the beginning, the African bowlers continued the process of taking wickets. Afghanistan’s entire innings was like this
Afghanistan, who came to bat first, got the first blow in the form of star opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz on the last ball of the first over, who returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Then on the third ball of the third over, the team lost the second wicket in the form of Gulbadin Naib, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs with the help of 2 fours in 8 balls.
Then Afghanistan lost two wickets in the fourth over. Kagisa Rabada, who came to bowl the fourth over of the innings for Africa, bowled Ibrahim Zadran (02) on the first ball and then bowled Mohammad Nabi (00) on the fourth ball. Then the team got the fifth blow in the form of Nangeyalia Kharote (00) on the last ball of the fifth over.
After this, the team lost the sixth wicket in the form of Azmatullah Umarzai on the third ball of the seventh over, who scored 10 runs with 2 fours in 12 balls. Then on the third ball of the 10th over, Karim Janat returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs in 13 balls with the help of 1 four. After this, on the 5th ball of the same over, Noor Ahmed was out without opening the account. Then captain Rashid Khan, who was in good rhythm, returned to the pavilion on the second ball of the 11th over. Rashid scored 8 runs in 8 balls with the help of 2 fours. After this, the team lost the last i.e. 10th wicket in the form of Naveen Ul Haq, who could score only 2 runs in 8 balls.
This was South Africa’s bowling
For South Africa, Marco Jansen and Tabrez Shamsi took the maximum 3-3 wickets. During this, Jansen spent 16 runs in 3 overs and Shamsi spent only 6 runs in 1.5 overs. Apart from this, Kagiso Rabada and Enrique Norkia took 2-2 wickets.