South Africa made it to the final by winning the first semi-final match against Afghanistan by nine wickets on Thursday. With this the team erased the stain of chokers on itself. This is the first time that the African team has reached the final. The final match will be played in Barbados on 29 June. For the first time in 32 years, South Africa has won the semi-finals of an ICC tournament. Earlier, the team had reached the semi-finals eight times (1992, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2023, 2024) where they had to face defeat six times. At the same time, in 1999, a match played against Australia was tied. Here we are telling you about South Africa’s journey in the T20 World Cup…
South Africa was out of Super-8 in T20 World Cup 2007.
The last match of Super-8 of T20 World Cup 2007 was played between India and South Africa. In this match, the Indian team defeated them by 37 runs and made it to the semi-finals. Batting first, Team India scored 153 runs for five wickets in 20 overs, thanks to Rohit Sharma’s stormy innings of unbeaten 50 runs. In reply, South Africa could score only 119 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs. In this match, RP Singh broke the back of the opponents by taking four wickets. South Africa, which was part of Group E, played a total of three matches in the Super-8. In these, they had to win two and lose one, whereas in the group stage they won both their matches.
South Africa was out of Super-8 in T20 World Cup 2010.
South Africa reached the Super-8 after winning one match out of two matches in the group stage. Here they got only one win in three matches while facing defeat in two. South Africa had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Pakistan in its last match of Super-8. Pakistan team, which won the toss and came to bat first, scored 51 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs, thanks to Umar Akmal’s innings of 51 runs. In reply, South Africa could score only 137 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. She had to face defeat in this match by 11 runs due to which she was out of the tournament.
South Africa was out of the semi-finals in T20 World Cup 2014.
South Africa entered the semi-finals for the first time in the T20 World Cup 2014. However, India dashed their hopes of reaching the final. In the second semi-final match played in Mirpur, South Africa, batting first, scored 172 runs for four wickets in 20 overs. In reply, thanks to Virat Kohli’s stormy innings of unbeaten 72 runs, the Indian team scored 176 runs for four wickets in 19.1 overs and won by six wickets. This team, which was in Group-1, had won three out of four matches.
South Africa was out of Super-10 in T20 World Cup 2016.
South Africa, which was in Group-1 of Super 10, had won two out of four matches while they had to face defeat in two. In the last match of Super-10, South Africa had won against Sri Lanka by eight wickets. Despite this, she could not qualify due to net run rate.
South Africa was out of Super-12 in T20 World Cup 2021.
South Africa won the last match of Super-12 in T20 World Cup 2021 against England. Despite this she could not qualify for the semi-finals. In this match, South Africa scored 189 runs for two wickets in 20 overs. In reply, the England team could score only 179 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. The African team won this match by 10 runs. Despite four wins in five matches, their net run rate was only +0.739, due to which they were out of the group stage.
South Africa was out of Super-10 in T20 World Cup 2022.
In the T20 World Cup 2022, South Africa was defeated by Netherlands by 13 runs in their last match in Group-2. Netherlands had scored 158 runs for four wickets in 20 overs. In reply, South Africa scored 145 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. At the group stage, they had won only two out of five matches. At the same time, he had to face defeat in three.
Africa’s victory in the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2024.
The first semi-final match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between South Africa and Afghanistan. In this, South Africa registered a historic victory by nine wickets and entered the final after 32 years. Apart from India, South Africa is the second team in the current tournament which has won all its matches so far. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 56 runs for 10 wickets in 11.5 oversIn reply, South Africa scored 60 runs for one wicket in 8.5 overs and became the first team to reach the final of the ongoing tournament.