what happened in the super over
In the Super Over, Afghanistan team batted first and during this, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Azmatullah Umarzai together scored 17 runs without losing a single wicket and gave South Africa a target of 18 runs to win. Let us tell you that out of these 17 runs, Azmatullah Umarzai alone scored 16 runs. After this, David Miller and Dewald Brevis came out to bat for South Africa, but Brevis was caught out on the score of 7 runs. After this, Tristan Stubbs came out to bat and he hit a six on the last ball when South Africa needed 7 runs and the match went into the second super over.
Super over also ended in tie, decision taken in second super over
Due to the first super over being tied, the match was decided in the second super over. This time South Africa came out to bat first. Here Tristan Stubbs and David Miller came out to bat, while Azmatullah Omarzai came out to bowl for Afghanistan. During this, David Miller scored 16 runs on 4 balls and Tristan Stubbs scored 7 runs on 2 balls and the South African team scored 23 runs and Afghanistan got the target of 24 runs to win. Mohammad Nabi and Azmatullah Omarzai came out to bat for Afghanistan in this super over. But Mohammad Nabi was out on the second ball of the super over. At this time Afghanistan’s score became 0/1. After this Rahmanullah Gurbaz came out to bat and hit three sixes in three balls, but when 5 runs were needed on the last ball, he was out and South Africa won the match.
What was the condition of the match before the super over?
The South African team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, adopted an aggressive stance from the beginning. Openers Quinton de Kock (59) and Ryan Rickelton (61) made a stormy partnership of 114 runs for the second wicket. Although Rashid Khan and Naveen Ul Haq made a comeback in the middle order, South Africa posted a challenging score of 187 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Afghanistan’s counterattack, Gurbaz’s one man show
Chasing the target of 188 runs, Afghanistan had a very good start. Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit 84 runs in just 42 balls while hitting fours and sixes all around the ground. At one time, Afghanistan was moving strongly towards victory, but Lungi Ngidi and Keshav Maharaj spoiled the match by bowling lethally in the last overs. However, Rabada bowled two no balls in the last over, due to which the match once again turned to Afghanistan. However, while trying to score the last run, the entire Afghanistan team was all out for 187 runs in 19.4 overs and the match was tied.
