South Africa will square off against Afghanistan in the all-important first semifinal of the ongoing T20 World Cup at the Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad on Wednesday. While South Africa has been unbeaten so far in the tournament, Afghanistan has surprised one and all by reaching the semifinals.
The Rashid Khan-led has ticked the right boxes and the way they have kept their calm in the big moments of the crucial matches is worthy of all the praise. It has been an amazing run for the Afghan team and this could be a new dawn in their cricketing history.
On the other hand, South Africa has also kept their calm in the crunch situations and they have fought it out in the middle.
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Rahmanullah Gurbaz needs five sixes to complete 100 maximums in T20Is.
Ibrahim Zadran needs three fours to reach 100 boundaries in T20Is.
Najibullah Zadran needs three sixes to complete 100 maximums in T20Is.
Afghanistan’s veteran Mohammad Nabi needs five fours to complete 150 boundaries in T20I format. Furthermore, he needs another four wickets to complete 100 scalps.
Rashid Khan needs 48 runs to complete 500 runs in T20Is.
Gulbadin Naib requires six sixes to complete 50 maximums in his T20I career.
South African captain Aiden Markram needs one six to complete 50 maximums in his T20I career.
SA opener Reeza Hendricks needs six sixes to complete 50 sixes in T20Is. The right-hander also needs 91 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20Is.
South Africa gun fast bowler Anrich Nortje needs one wicket to complete 50 scalps in T20Is.
Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik.
South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs
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