June 27, 2024 4:16 AM IST
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Follow live score and latest updates of SA vs AFG match, in Tarouba.
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South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: South Africa face Afghanistan in their upcoming T20 World Cup semi final clash, in Tarouba.
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG:: Rashid Khan celebrates with teammate Mohammad Ishaq.
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: South Africa take on Afghanistan in the first semi-final of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba on Thursday. The South Africans will be wary of the Afghan threat, with Rashid Khan and Co. beating New Zealand, Australia and Bangladesh in the space of 18 days in the World Cup. Although, they haven’t remained unbeaten, losing to West Indies and India in this edition. Meanwhile, South Africa have remained unbeaten in this World Cup.…Read More
For Afghanistan, all eyes will be on their openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadra,, who are among the top-five runscorers in this tournament. Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rashid and Naveen-ul-Haq are also among the top-five wicket-takers. South Africa’s highest run-scorer in this tournament is Quinton de Kock, who is sixth. Meanwhile, their best bowler Anrich Nortje is joint eighth.
South Africa will need their batting department to step up in this match. Although Reeza Hendricks has struggled for form at the top, their middle order of Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs and Heinrich Klaasen can deal with the Afghan spin and can come to their rescue in tough situation, with the experienced David Miller under the spotlight. Speaking ahead of the match, Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott said, “For us, it’s a new challenge and I think that makes us dangerous in the semi-finals as a side with nothing to lose and obviously a lot of pressure on the opposition.”
Key pointers from South Africa vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup 2024 match:
- South Africa squad – Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Bjorn Fortuin, Ryan Rickelton
- Afghanistan squad – Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan(c), Nangeyalia Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Najibullah Zadran, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Ishaq
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June 27, 2024 4:16 AM IST
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Dominant SA not giving up!
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: SA have had several key moments during this tournament, but they have always fought back and somehow put themselves in winning positions in challenging conditions. They are unbeaten and need to win two more games to clinch their maiden WC title. No other team has even won a T20 WC unbeaten, so South Africa and India have a chance to script history!
June 27, 2024 4:04 AM IST
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Walter on SA team
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Speaking ahead of the match, SA coach Walter said, “You don’t not have confidence if you manage to win games the way that we have. And then there’s certain parts of the game that we know we need to brush up and tighten up on. We’re working through that continuum the whole time and being real about the things that we need to do better, being real about where we are in certain aspects of our game, and celebrating the stuff that we’ve been getting right.”
June 27, 2024 3:55 AM IST
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: All eyes on AFG
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Afghanistan played their first official fixture in 2004 as part of the Asian Cricket Council Trophy, which had 15 teams. Fast forward 20 years later, they are in their first-ever World Cup semi-final and are also one of the tournament favourites!
June 27, 2024 3:43 AM IST
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Squads
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: SA – Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Bjorn Fortuin, Ryan Rickelton
AFG – Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan(c), Nangeyalia Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Najibullah Zadran, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Ishaq
June 27, 2024 3:36 AM IST
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Hello and welcome everyone!
South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Hello and welcome everyone, to our live coverage of the first T20 World Cup 2024 semi final where we will see SA take on AFG in a blockbuster showdown. Stay tuned folks!