South Africa & India Win
ICC 09th Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup Championship 2024 – 24th Day – Semi Finals
Former Chokers / Strong Contenders / Unbeaten SouthbAfrica beat Hapless / Unpredictable Afghanistan by 09 wickets to enter the maiden final of an ICC event
53rd Match : Tarouba, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies Afghanistan electing to bat, 56 all out – ( 11.5 Overs ) Azmatullah Omarzai 10, Extras 13 – 03 batters dismissed without scoring – 04 batters dismissed bowled, 03 batters dismissed lbw – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 19 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 28 runs – Tabraiz Shamsi 3 / 06, Marco Jansen 3 / 16, Anrich Nortje 2 / 07, Kagiso Rabada 2 / 14.
South Africa in reply, 60 / 1 – ( 8.5 Overs ) Reeza Hendricks 29no, Skipper Aiden Markram 23no – 55 runs unbroken for the 02nd wicket – Fazalhaq Farooqi 1 / 11.
Player of the Match : Marco Jansen – South Africa
54th Match : Georgetown, Guyana, West Indies
Firm Favourites / Strong Contenders, India beat Struggling Defending Champions, England by 68 runs
India put into bat, 171 / 7 – ( 20 Overs ) Skipper Rohit Sharma 57, Suryakumar Yadav 47, Hardik Pandya 23, Ravindra Jadeja 17no, Axar Patel 10 – Rohit Sharma / Rishabh Pant 21 runs for the 02nd wicket, Rohit Sharma / Suryakumar Yadav 73 runs for the 03rd wicket, Hardik Pandya / Ravindra Jadeja 22 runs for the 05th wicket – lost the last 03 wickets for the addition of 24 runs – Christopher Jordan 3 / 37.
England in reply, 103 all out – ( 16.4 Overs ) Harry Brook 25, Skipper Joseph Buttler 23, Jofra Archer 21, Liam Livingstone 11 – Phillip Salt / Joseph Buttler 26 run opening stand – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 23 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 35 runs – Kuldeep Yadav 3 / 19, Axar Patel 3 / 23, Jasprit Bumrah 2 / 12, Rishabh Pant 02 victims.
Player of the Match : Axar Patel – India
Toss & commencement of play was delayed due to rain. It was also curtailed due to rain during the game too.
Player of the Match : Axar Patel – India