South Africa vs Afghanistan Highlights : Recently, the ICC Champions Trophy match was played between South Africa and Afghanistan, where one could see the outstanding performance of South Africa. The South African players and their team gave a very good performance, and the match was looking very interesting. While batting first, South Africa set a good target for the Afghanistan team, but the Afghanistan team couldn’t chase this score, and South Africa won the match.
A very good performance is being seen from South Africa, and it’s expected that they will perform very well in the coming days too, possibly giving a tough fight to India as well. Let’s see in detail who performed how and what was special in the South Africa vs Afghanistan Highlights.
South Africa vs Afghanistan Highlights Champions Trophy – South Africa’s Innings
South Africa won the toss first and decided to bat, and this decision was very good. They set a target of 315 runs for the Afghanistan team while batting first. This match was played at National Bank Stadium. Here, we got to see an outstanding performance from Ryan Rickelton of the South Africa team, and he scored a century.
He played an innings of 103 runs. Along with him, South Africa’s captain, Temba Bavuma, also gave a very good performance. He played an innings of 58 runs. Two players, including him, played big innings, and in this entire game for South Africa, a total of six wickets fell, and they made 314 runs in 50 overs. We have mentioned the detailed scorecard of this innings below.
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| Batsman | Runs (R) | Balls (B) | Boundaries |
|---|
| Ryan Rickelton (Wk) | 103 | 106 | 7 fours, 1 six |
| Tony de Zorzi | 11 | 11 | 2 fours, 0 sixes |
| Temba Bavuma (C) | 58 | 76 | 5 fours, 0 sixes |
| Rassie van der Dussen | 52 | 46 | 3 fours, 2 sixes |
| Aiden Markram | 52 | 36 | 6 fours, 1 six |
| David Miller | 14 | 18 | 1 four, 0 sixes |
| Marco Jansen | 0 | 1 | 0 fours, 0 sixes |
| Wiaan Mulder | 12 | 6 | 1 four, 1 six |
South Africa vs Afghanistan Highlights Today – Afghanistan’s Innings
When it was Afghanistan’s turn to bat, their openers got out very quickly, which was a big reason why this team couldn’t chase the score. Only one player from Afghanistan’s team gave a good performance, and his name is Rahmat Shah. He played an innings of 90 runs, which included 9 fours and 1 six. None of the other Afghanistan players performed well, and their whole team was all out for 208 runs.
They were still batting when their team was all out, and here we didn’t get to see good performances. South Africa won this game by 107 runs, which is considered a very big lead.
| Batsman | Runs (R) | Balls (B) | Boundaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wk) | 10 | 14 | 1 four, 0 sixes |
| Ibrahim Zadran | 17 | 29 | 1 four, 1 six |
| Sediqullah Atal | 16 | 32 | 2 fours, 0 sixes |
| Rahmat Shah | 90 | 92 | 9 fours, 1 six |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) | 0 | 4 | 0 fours, 0 sixes |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 18 | 27 | 3 fours, 0 sixes |
| Mohammad Nabi | 8 | 17 | 0 fours, 0 sixes |
| Gulbadin Naib | 13 | 19 | 2 fours, 0 sixes |
| Rashid Khan | 18 | 13 | 3 fours, 1 six |
| Noor Ahmad | 9 | 15 | 1 four, 0 sixes |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 0 | 0 | 0 fours, 0 sixes |
South Africa vs Afghanistan Highlights – So, in the end, South Africa won this match very easily. A very good performance was also seen in South Africa’s bowling. Their bowlers gave a very good performance. The best performance here was from Rabada.
It was seen that he took a total of three wickets and quickly dismissed the Afghanistan team. In the upcoming matches, South Africa’s form is likely to stay the same, and now everyone’s focus is on the match between India and Pakistan, which will be played on Sunday.
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