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SA vs AFG Highlights: Van der Dussen’s fifty carries Proteas to comfortable win

SA vs AFG Highlights: Van der Dussen’s fifty carries Proteas to comfortable win

finished the league stage with 14 points and have cemented the second spot.

SA vs AFG Highlights: An unbeaten half-century from Rassie van der Dussen helped South Africa defeat Afghanistan by five wickets in their last league match of the Cricket World Cup on Friday. Chasing 245, the Proteas, chased down the target in 47.3 overs despite few hiccups in the middle overs. The finished the league stage with 14 points and have cemented the second spot.

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Earlier, Azmatullah Omrazai’s brilliant unbeaten 97 knock helped Afghanistan post a competitive 244 in 50 overs in SA vs AFG Cricket World Cup match. Afghanistan were reeling at 112/5 at one point but Omrazai stitched crucial partnerships with lower-order to power Afghanistan to a modest total. For South Africa, Gerald Coetzee was the pick of the bowlers with a 4-wicket haul.

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South Africa will now face Australia in semi-final 2 on November 16 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

SA vs AFG playing XIs

Afghanistan Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq

South Africa Playing XI: Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Andile Phehlukwayo, David Miller, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi

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