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The Proteas and Afghanistan will clash in the first T20 World Cup semi-final in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday morning (02:30 SA time), while India and England will contest the second knockout in Guyana.
The pinpoint accuracy of Jasprit Bumrah allows other bowlers in the Indian team to go for wickets even in extreme pressure situations, said pacer Arshdeep Singh. The 25-year-old left-arm pacer is among the leading wicket-takers in the T20 World Cup with 15 scalps in six games at an average of 11.86 and economy rate of 7.41 runs per over. Bumrah, on the other hand, has taken 11 wickets in the same number of games, conceding just 4.08 runs per over, a rarity in the shortest format.
Rashid Khan was the hero as Afghanistan beat Bangladesh in their Super 8 clash to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2024 T20 World Cup, but one incident showed that even the best have their bad moments. Batting first in a tense game, Rashid Khan had walked out to bat with his team struggling at 93-5, and only 14 balls left in the innings. Therefore, when Afghanistan failed to convert a single run into two, Rashid was furious at teammate Karim Janat, and threw his bat angrily towards him.
All hell broke lose as Afghanistan booked their ticket to the T20 World Cup semi-finals for the first time in history. Fans thronged streets in thousands to celebrate the team's moment of history on the global cricketing stage, beating Bangladesh in their final Super 8 match of the tournament. Afghanistan weren't backed by many to go this far in the tournament, but wins over giants New Zealand and Australia in the marquee event paved the way for them to sail through. As their qualification became official, fans in Afghanistan took to streets, with pictures and videos of the same going viral.
Afghanistan spinner and skipper Rashid Khan registered a remarkable record as he became the player with the most four-wicket hauls in the Men's T20Is. Rashid achieved the milestone during Afghanistan's eight-run win over Bangladesh in the Super Eights match of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Arnos Vale Ground. Currently, the 25-year-old has nine four-wicket hauls in the Men's T20Is. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan stands in second place on the chart with eight four-wicket hauls in the Men's T20Is. Uganda's Henry Ssenyondo holds the third place with seven four-wicket hauls in the Men's 20-over format cricket.
It has been a dismal run for Virat Kohli in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 and it got worse for the Indian cricket team star batter as he was dismissed for a duck during the Super 8 match against Australia on Monday. Kohli miscued a shot off Josh Hazlewood and Tim David completed an easy catch to end his stay at the crease. This was the second duck for Virat in this year's competition after he was dismissed for a golden duck during the group stage match against United States. The star batter joined former pacer Ashish Nehra as the second Indian batter ever to score two ducks in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. Nehra had two ducks to his name during the 2010 edition of the T20 World Cup.
West Indian batting great Brian Lara had predicted Afghanistan would reach the T20 World Cup semifinals nearly a month before the tournament began and now that the giant-slayers have made it, skipper Rashid Khan said he is immensely proud to have proved the legend right. Afghanistan continued their brilliant run at the T20 World Cup as they marched to their first-ever World Cup semifinal with an eight-wun win over Bangladesh in the last Super 8 clash.
The Afghanistan cricket team booked their progression into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024, beating Bangladesh in their final Super 8 match of the tournament. Though it was a deserving win for Afghanistan, there were many head-scratching incidents from the game that left the world of social media baffled. The biggest incident that made headlines was Afghanistan star Gulbadin Naib's shock injury claim that seemed to have come on the instructions of coach Jonathan Trott. Seeing the act getting caught on camera, even 'cheating accusations' were made against Naib, Trott and Afghanistan.