SA vs AFG: The first semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between South Africa and Afghanistan on 26 June. In this match, Africa won a spectacular victory by defeating Afghanistan by 9 wickets. The African bowlers did wonders in this match and tightened the screws on the Afghan batsmen. For the first time in history, Africa has made it to the T20 World Cup final. In this match, the brilliance of Africa's fast bowlers was completely seen.

SA vs AFG: Afghanistan bowled out for 56 runs

• Batting first, Afghanistan got a very bad start.
  Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who came in as an opener, returned to the pavilion after playing 3 balls without opening his account.
• Ibrahim Zardan also could not do much. He scored 2 runs in 5 balls. Apart from this, Gulbadin Naib returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs in 8 balls.
• Afghanistan lost its 5 main batsmen in the span of 6 overs. No batsman of the team could score more than 10 runs.
• Azmatullah Umarzai was the batsman who scored 10 runs. Apart from him, Rashid Khan's bat also failed in this match, who was playing the role of finisher batsman for the team throughout the tournament.

SA vs AFG: South Africa achieved the target

• Chasing a target of 57 runs, South Africa scored 60/1 in just 8.1 overs.
  Fazalhaq Farooqui dismissed Quinton de Kock on the fifth ball of the second over.
• However, Reese Hendricks played an innings of 29 runs in 25 balls, which included 3 fours and 1 six. Aiden Markram also managed to score 23 runs in 21 balls with the help of 4 fours. The Afghan bowlers failed to defend the small run-rate.

This was the performance of the bowlers

• The South African bowlers wreaked havoc in this match by bowling brilliantly.
  Marco Johnson took 3 wickets for 16 runs in 3 overs.
• Apart from him, Tabrez Shamsi also got 3 wickets. Whereas Kagiso Rabada and Enrique Norkhaya also got 2 wickets each.