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In the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup, Afghanistan made its lowest T20I total of 56 runs. South Africa completed this total with 9 wickets in hand and made it to its first World Cup final.
Marco Yamson, Tabrez Shamsi, Enrique Nortya bowled brilliantly for Africa. With this, Northya became South Africa’s top wicket taker in an edition of the T20 World Cup.
In this match, Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan also made the record of scoring the most number of ducks for Afghanistan.
Records made in the match…
1. Afghanistan’s smallest total in T-20I
In the first semi-final of the T-20 World Cup, the Afghanistan team was all out on the score of 56. This was his lowest score in T-20 International. Earlier, the team had scored 72 runs against Bangladesh in the 2014 T-20 World Cup.
2. Fazalhaq Farooqui, top wicket taker of one edition of T-20 World Cup
Fazalhaq Farooqui of Afghanistan bowled brilliantly this season. He took 17 wickets in 8 matches. In this match he dismissed Quinton De Kock. With this, he has become the player who has taken the most wickets in any one edition of the T-20 World Cup. He has left Sri Lankan Wanindu Hasaranga behind.
3. Nabi became the player with most ducks for Afghanistan
Mohammad Nabi was out in this match without opening the account. He was bowled by Kagiso Rabada. With this, Nabi became the player with the most ducks (out at 0) for Afghanistan in T-20I. Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib and Rahmanullah Gurbaz have been out for 0 7 times.
4. Afghanistan became the team making the smallest total against South Africa
South Africa has reached the final of a World Cup for the first time. The team’s bowlers performed brilliantly in this match. The team pushed Afghanistan on the backfoot from the second over itself and did not give them a chance to recover.
Afghanistan team could only score 56. This was the smallest total of any team against Africa in T20I. Earlier, Sri Lanka had given them the lowest target of 77 runs.
5. Nortya became South Africa’s top wicket taker in an edition of T-20 World Cup
Enrique Nortya took two wickets in the first semi-final of the T-20 World Cup. With this, he became the highest bowler for South Africa taking 13 wickets in a single edition of T-20 World Cup. He left Imran Tahir behind.
