T20 World Cup: South Africa had a narrow escape against Afghanistan, the result came on the last ball of the double super over…

New Delhi. Amazing excitement was seen on Wednesday in the T20 World Cup 2026 between South Africa and Afghanistan. In response to South Africa’s score of 187 runs, Afghanistan’s team was also out for 187 runs. Because of this the match was tied and went into super over.

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South Africa wins an edge-of-the-seat thriller after TWO Super Overs! 😱

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Afghanistan, playing first, scored 17 runs in the super over. Later the African team also scored 17 runs in the super over. In this way it became a super over tie. After this, South Africa team scored 23 runs in the double super over. After this, Rahmanullah Gurbaz made the match exciting in the chase. He hit 3 consecutive sixes on the last ball before getting out. Rahmatullah Gurbaz was dismissed by Keshav Maharaj on the last ball and thus the result of the match was in the name of Africa. Africa needed 5 runs to win on the last ball, but Gurbaz was caught.

What happened in the first super over?

In the first super over, Afghanistan scored 17 runs without losing any wicket. Azmatullah Omarzai batted aggressively and hit two fours and a six. In reply, South Africa needed a six on the last ball and Tristan Stubbs hit a brilliant six under pressure to take the match into the second super over.

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What happened in the second super over?

In the second Super Over, South Africa, batting first, scored 23 runs, in which David Miller played a quick inning of 16 runs. After this, while chasing the target of 24 runs, Gurbaz tried again and hit three sixes, but this time Afghanistan could only make 19/2 and South Africa won this high-voltage match. Earlier, batting first after the toss, South Africa got a great start by Quinton de Kock (59) and Ryan Rickelton (61). There was a strong partnership of 114 runs between the two for the second wicket, which laid the foundation for the team to score a big score.

Proteas scored 187 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. For Afghanistan, Azmatullah Omarzai took 3/41 and Rashid Khan took 2/28. While chasing the target, Rahmanullah Gurbaz gave a good start to Afghanistan. He completely leveled the match by playing an explosive inning of 84 runs in just 42 balls. However, the rest of the batsmen could not survive and the entire team was bundled out for 187 runs in 19.4 overs. Lungi Ngidi bowled important 3/26 for South Africa.