Afghanistan's dream T20 World Cup run ends as South Africa storm into final

South Africa chose the perfect stage to produced their best cricket of the T20 World Cup as they thrashed Afghanistan by nine wickets and with more than 11 overs to spare in the semi-final to reach the title match of the showpiece event for the first time.

Afghanistan were hoping to emulate their performance against Australia that paved the way for their first foray into the semi-finals of a World Cup. But all their hopes were crushed by some exceptional pace bowling by the Proteas.

Marco Jansen (3-16) spearheaded a relentless attack on Afghanistan's batting line-up on a difficult pitch at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad as the Asian side were dismissed for just 56 off 11.5 overs after they elected to bat.

Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje maintained the relentless pressure with two wickets each as they decimated the top order.

Left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi (3-6) took care of the lower order to set up a crushing win and his team's first World Cup final.

In the chase, South Africa lost Quinton de Kock early to Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Game. Set. Final Bound.