New Delhi: Afghanistan’s top-order collapsed in the semi-final against South Africa at Brian Lara Stadium, Trinidad. Kagiso Rabada took two wickets in the fourth over to remove opener Ibrahim Zadran and Mohammad Nabi. Rabada is in tremendous form in this ongoing T20 World Cup.
Rabada started his spell in the fourth over and got the wicket of Ibrahim in the very first ball. Rabada bowled in the corridor of uncertainty and Ibrahim was opened up in his stance, the ball went through the bat and pad and crashed into the stumps. Ibrahim departed for just two runs in five balls. The right-hand opener had a great tournament with the bat scoring 231 runs with two half-centuries in this T20 World Cup.
Nabi came on the crease after the third wicket went down and Rabada rattled him up on a duck, It was a good delivery as it landed on the good length and nipped back into the stumps. Nabi was unsure whether to play that ball or not and the ball went through between the gap of bat-pad and struck in the off-stump.
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Rabada bowled a double-wicket maiden and broke the top order of Afghanistan’s batting order.
Proteas bowler restricted Afghanistan for 56
Earlier, Afghanistan star opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz got out on a duck in the first over of the match. Marco Jansen took his second wicket in the third over as he got the wicket of Gulbadin Naib. Other than Azmatullah Omarzai no batter was able to score in the double-digits. They were bowled out under 12 overs. Tabraiz Shamsi and Jansen took three wickets each. Rabada and Anrich Nortje picked up two wickets each.
Previously, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first, but the decision of Rashid Khan’s led-team backfired them on a tricky surface. Both teams were unchanged in their playing XI.
Afghanistan’s top-order collapsed as Kagiso Rabada picked up two wickets in one over in the semi-final clash of the T20 World Cup 2024 at Brian Lara Stadium, Trinidad. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
