South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup: Gurbaz falls, AFG 1 down

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Maharaj stars the second over by conceding a single. Then tosses it up and Naib launches it over the bowler’s head, for a four! Ends the over with three dots and a single. Naib (5*) and Zadran (2*) will eye a stabilising partnership here! If Afghanistan lose more wickets in this powerplay, SA will be in proper control!

AFG: 10/1 (2)

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Starts off with two dot balls, and then Jansen sends a length delivery towards leg stumps. Zadran gets an outside edge, falls short of Hendricks at slip. Then another dot, followed by two wides. Then he sends the jackpot ball!

Jansen sends a half-volley, outside off. Gurbaz tries to drive, but edges it to Hendricks once again, but this time for a catch!

Gurbaz c Hendricks b Jansen 0 (3)

AFG: 4/1 (1)

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Zadran and Gurbaz open for Afghanistan as the action resumes! Meanwhile, Jansen will bowl the first over for SA!

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Time for national anthems as both teams walk into the pitch!

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

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

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: After winning the toss, AFG skipper Rashid said, “We would like to bat first, it’s a fresh wicket and we will like to have a good total on the board. The middle-order hasn’t got much time in the middle, they have to come out in the 15-16th over and it’s not easy. It’s good that the top-order has taken responsibility and they have batted very well. When you have a 4-hour delay flight, it’s not easy. Doesn’t matter if you sleep 1 hour, you have to be at your best. We are going with the same lineup.”

Meanwhile, SA captain Markram stated, “We would have probably batted first as well but it’s a fresh wicket. We haven’t nailed it quite with the bat yet, conditions have been tough. Hopefully, we will do well with the bat and ball and step up in the semi-final. Same team for us.”

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: AFG captain Rashid wins toss, opts to bat.

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: Stay tuned folks! Toss is coming up! It is scheduled for 5:30 AM IST! It is going to be a thriller!

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Commenting on his side’s run in this campaign, Maharaj said, “If you look at previous World Cups, the small moments, we haven’t really won. It’s good to see that all the games have come really close and we’ve found a way, so it’s building the character within the team.”

“It prepares us for certain opportunities that we could get and cross over the line in those small moments. These are things that we’ve never done before. So, it’s good to see us getting into that,” he added.

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Former Afghanistan captain Ashgar Afghan hailed Rashid and had special praise for him. Speaking to PTI Videos, he said, “I feel Rashid has been the captain of the tournament. He has led by example. He has been an inspirational captain, a match-winner with the ball, and very effective with the bat.”

“Most importantly, he has been able to get the best out of his players. And this has been one of the major reason of Afghanistan reaching the semis. When I was captain of the Afghan team in 2017, he was the vice-captain and he showed leadership skills then as well.”

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: If Mujeeb was there, Naveen probably would not have taken the new ball. But the Afghan powerplay spinner isn’t there, so the seamer has taken up the role with ease, and is reduced the pressure on Farooqi. With his variety of slow delivery in his weaponry, he will be vital in the death overs.

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: The temperature is expected to hover around 29-27 degrees Celsius in Tarouba during the match, with almost no chance of rain. There will be variable bounce, and dew has been a factor in this venue during CPL. Despite less chances of rain, it is expected to be cloudy.

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, Semi Final 1: SA vs AFG: Klaasen will be on focus for SA, when they are up against Afghan spin. His pulls and slog sweeps will be a vital weapon for SA, when they will look to get past Rashid and Co. Since the beginning of 2023, the wicketkeeper-batter has slamemd at 182.12 vs spin in T20 cricket, and his strike rate is the best among 41 batters who have played at least 40 innings vs spin in T20s during this period. All eyes on Klaasen!

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!

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.”

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!

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

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!