afg vs sa
Afghanistan vs South Africa Semifinal: The Afghanistan team has performed brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2024. The team defeated a strong team like New Zealand in the group stage. After this, it has secured a place in the semi-finals by defeating Australia and Bangladesh in the Super-8 round. The Afghan team has secured a place in the semi-finals for the first time. Now in the semi-finals, Afghanistan will face South Africa on 27 June at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. Whichever team wins the match among the two teams will secure a place in the final for the first time. Let us know what the pitch report of the Trinidad ground can be like.
Bowlers can get help
So far in the T20 World Cup 2024, all the teams have struggled to score runs. The Trinidad pitch benefits bowlers. But in the beginning, batsmen can score a lot of runs. A total of four matches have been played on the Trinidad ground in the current T20 World Cup. Where no big scores have been seen at all. No team has been able to score more than 150 runs. Here the Afghan team played a match, which can benefit them. Afghanistan defeated Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets.
If the pitch helps the spinners even a little, then the Afghanistan team can overpower South Africa, because Afghanistan has star spinners like Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Noor Ahmed. South Africa has confirmed its place in the semi-finals after 10 years. A total of 11 matches have been played on the Trinidad ground so far, out of which the team batting first has won 4. The team bowling later has won 7.
Brian Lara Stadium, Trinidad statistics
Total T20I matches- 11
Matches won while batting first- 4
Matches won while bowling first- 7
Average score of first innings- 135 runs
Average score of second innings- 122 runs
Highest score- England 167 runs
Lowest score- Uganda 40 runs
Lowest score defended- West Indies 149 runs
Squad of both teams for T20 World Cup:
Afghanistan – Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (captain), Nangeyalia Kharote, Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Najibullah Zadran, Fareed Ahmed Malik, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Ishaq
South Africa – Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Aiden Markram (captain), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Gerald Coetzee, Ryan Rickelton, Bjorn Fortuin, Ottneil Bartman
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