Another interesting fixture is going on in the tournament. The group stage is about to wrap up. The semifinal stage is coming soon. The tournament will be getting more exciting. In these last few group-stage matches, South Africa and Afghanistan are locking horns at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. This is an important match for Afghanistan for qualifying into the semifinals. The scenario is very tough but they are trying hard.
Harsha Bhogle’s Words:
Afghanistan is fighting hard to seal their seat in the top 4. It is extremely difficult for them. While batting first, they were dominated by the South African bowlers. But from that, they made an amazing comeback in the game. After starting excellently, South Africa lost their domination.
Harsha Bhogle Commented on that. He said, “ It must worry South Africa that they have, once again, been unable to close out an innings. Afghanistan were 116-6 and have already added another 125 since. It has been a pattern in this tournament.”
That has been a concern for South Africa for a long time. They start with a flow then they just lose it somewhere. The same thing happened to them this time. They started the tournament with a bang. In the first match, they registered the highest total of the tournament. They were unbeaten for a long and then faced their first defeat against the Netherlands. In the last match against India, they lost by 243 runs. It was a setback for them.
A Match Tour:
Afghanistan and South Africa are locking horns at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After winning the toss, they opted to bat first. Gurbaz scored 25 runs in 22 balls. Rahmat Shah scored 26 runs in 46 balls. Azmatullah Omarzai is excellent. He changed today’s match. He remained unbeaten in 97 runs. That innings dragged Afghanistan into the match. They set a target of 245 runs against South Africa.
South African bowlers dominated well in the first. Gerald Coetzee took 4 wickets in 44 runs. Lungi Ngidi took 2 wickets in 69 runs. Keshav Maharaj took 2 wickets in 25 runs. Andile Phehlukwayo took 1 wicket in 36 runs. Now they have to chase the target to register another win in the tournament.
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