T20 World Cup 2024, AFG Vs SA Head-To-Head Record
Afghanistan will face South Africa in semi-final 1 on June 26
Afghanistan and South Africa will be locking horns in match 53 i.e., the first semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba on the evening of June 26 (local time).
Afghanistan who are going to play their first-ever semi final in an ICC tournament came into the semi final with an emphatic victory over Australia and a close fought, low scoring win over Bangladesh in the Super Eights will come into the semi-final, highly motivated and confident with how their campaign has gone so far.
South Africa, on the other side of the spectrum are enjoying an unbeaten run in the ongoing tournament, being the only team with 7/7 wins under their belt despite playing really close games and showing characters in crunch moments. They will be heading into the semi-final with an eye on their first-ever T20 World Cup final and hopefully winning the trophy.
AFG v SA Head-To-Head Record In T20 WCs:
Matches | Afghanistan wins | South Africa wins | No Result |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
The two sides have faced off twice at the T20 World Cup stage previously with South Africa coming at the top on both occasions in 2010 and 2016. Mohammad Nabi is the only player to have featured in both the matches who is still active across the two squads.
Across the two matches played between the teams, AB de Villiers has scored the most (81) runs at a strike rate of 162 in the two matches while Morne Morkel and Chris Morris have a 4-wicket haul each in 2010 and 2016 respectively.
AFG v SA Head-To-Head Matches In T20Is (overall):
Date | Winner | Margin | Venue |
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March 20, 2016 | South Africa | 37 runs | Wankhede |
May 05, 2010 | South Africa | 59 runs | Bridgetown |
Following the win against Australia, South Africa and India are the only teams that Afghanistan is yet to beat in international cricket. So, they will be eyeing to get past one of the remaining two on Wednesday evening whereas the Proteas would be raring to extend their win streak to 8.