South Africa bowlers bundle out Afghanistan for 56 in T20 WC semifinal
South Africa's fast-bowler Marco Jansen and spinner Tabraiz Shamsi picked up three-wickets each to bowl out Afghanistan for just 56 in 11.5 overs in the semifinal one of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup at Tarouba on Thursday.
Earlier, Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa but failed to put up a fight, as South Africa's precise bowling just proved too good for Afghan batters and in the end they got bowled out in just 11.5 over.
Only one Afghan batsman made double figures, with Azmatullah Omarzai making just 10 runs.
Marco Jansen (3/16) Kagiso Rabada (2/14) and Anrich Nortje (2/7) ripped the soul out of the Afghanistan top-order, reducing them to 28 for five inside the Powerplay, and eventually their innings folded in just 11.5 overs.
There was no coming back from that depth for Afghanistan as their dream of reaching a maiden World Cup final seemed to have ended even before it began.
While the South Africa pacers were on the money, the Afghan batters too should cope some blame for being edgy on a pitch that hid no evils apart from those deliveries that kicked up from a length.
Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz was the first to perish, chasing Jansen's delivery outside the off-stump to give Reeza Hendricks an easy catch at slip.
The dismissal of in-form Gurbaz seemed to inject doses of panic in the Afghanistan line-up, and Gulbadin Naib was consumed by a lovely in-coming delivery by Jansen.
But the next two dismissals were a combination of bowler's brilliance and
