T20 WC: Afghanistan push SA to brink, lose by inches in second Super Over

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan were winning the game, past they were losing, past backmost successful front, but South Africa came backmost into it, earlier Rahmanullah Gurbaz threatened to triumph it each implicit again, but yet Afghanistan mislaid it, by the barest of margins successful the 2nd ace implicit of the match.

David Miller and Tristan Stubbs struck 3 sixes disconnected Azmatullah Omarzai’s six deliveries arsenic South Africa made 23 successful the 2nd Super Over aft the archetypal had ended successful a tie. Afghanistan failed to people disconnected their archetypal 2 balls and mislaid Mohammad Nabi. Keshav Maharaj had the ball, with 24 required disconnected 4 balls for Afghanistan. Gurbaz struck 3 successive sixes and Maharaj followed with a wide.Five were needed disconnected the last transportation successful a lucifer that was not for the faint-hearted.

Maharaj bowled it afloat and extracurricular off; Gurbaz tried to wide the infield but was caught astatine backward point. South Africa celebrated; Afghanistan were near successful despair.Proteas precocious from the radical of decease aft edging Afghanistan successful a contention that required 2 Super Overs. They appeared to person sealed it astatine the commencement of the last implicit successful regularisation time, with Afghanistan needing 13 and lone 1 wicket successful hand. Kagiso Rabada delivered 2 no-balls, and a mix-up portion moving allowed Afghanistan to gully level.

South Africa past seemed retired of it earlier Tristan Stubbs deed a last-ball six to propulsion the crippled into a 2nd Super Over. Afghanistan needed 4 sixes from 4 balls; Gurbaz, who had made 84 disconnected 42 successful regularisation time, struck 3 and required lone a bound to unit a 3rd Super Over, but recovered backward point. A fewer metres either broadside and it would person been tied again.Earlier, sent successful to bat aft losing the toss, South Africa built their innings astir a 114-run basal betwixt Quinton de Kock (59) and Ryan Rickelton (61) to station 187 for 6.In response, Gurbaz’s 84 disconnected 42 balls acceptable up the chase, but Afghanistan were bowled retired for 187 successful 19.4 overs, taking the lucifer into its archetypal Super Over.Afghanistan made 17 without nonaccomplishment successful the archetypal Super Over, with Omarzai hitting 2 fours and a six disconnected Lungi Ngidi.South Africa equalled that tally, Stubbs clearing the ropes disconnected the last shot to widen the contest.Batting archetypal successful the 2nd Super Over, South Africa scored 23, with Miller contributing 16.Gurbaz struck 3 sixes successful reply, but Afghanistan finished connected 19 for 2, handing South Africa a melodramatic win.Brief Scores-South Africa 187/6 successful 20 ov (Ryan Rickleton 61, Quinton de Kock 59; Azmatullah Omarzai 3-41, Rashid Khan 2-28) bushed Afghanistan 187/10 successful 19.4 ov (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 84, Azmatullah Omarzai 22; Lungi Ngidi 3-26, Keshav Maharaj 1-27) successful ace overs.1st Super Over- Afghanistan 17/0 (Azmatullah Omarzai 16*, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 1*; Lungi Ngidi 0-17) tied with South Africa 17/1 (Tristan Stubbs 10*, Dewald Brevis 6; Fazalhaq Farooqi 1-17)2nd Super Over- South Africa 23/0 (David Miller 16*, Tristan Stubbs 7*) bushed Afghanistan 19/2 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 18, Keshav Maharaj 2-19)