Finn Allen’s century in the semi-finals, New Zealand reached the final of T20 World Cup, defeated South Africa by 9 wickets

SA vs NZ Semi-final: New Zealand has qualified for the T20 World Cup 2026 final by defeating South Africa by 9 wickets in the semi-finals. South Africa had scored 169 runs in the semi-final match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In reply, New Zealand easily achieved the target by losing only one wicket in 12.5 overs. Finn Allen scored a historic century for New Zealand in the semi-finals.

Tim Seifert and Finn Allen gave a fast start to New Zealand

Both New Zealand openers came out to chase the target of 169 runs given by South Africa. Tim Seifert and Finn Allen gave a fast start to the team. Both of them batted aggressively from the beginning and did not allow the South African batsmen to dominate. However, initially South Africa took some catches which proved dangerous for them and New Zealand easily won the match.

Tim Seifert scored a half century

New Zealand lost the only wicket on the score of 117 runs. Kagiso Rabada dismissed Tim Seifert. Tim Seifert played a stormy inning of 58 runs in 33 balls. During this, 7 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. Whereas Rachin Ravindra remained unbeaten after scoring 13 runs on 11 balls.

Finn Allen becomes the first player to score a century in a T20 World Cup knockout match

Finn Allen has played a historic innings in this semi-final match. Finn Allen scored a century in just 33 balls, which is the fastest century in T20 World Cup history. Finn Allen has become the first player to score a century in T20 World Cup knockout matches. In this semi-final match, Finn Allen played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs in 33 balls. During this period, 10 fours and 8 sixes came from his bat.

New Zealand team will play the final match of T20 World Cup for the second time

New Zealand has made its place in the final of the T20 World Cup for the second time. Earlier, New Zealand team had reached the final of T20 World Cup 2021. Then New Zealand had to face defeat by 8 wickets against Australia in the final.

Such was South Africa’s innings

Batting first, South Africa scored 169 runs for 8 wickets. With the team, Marco Jansen played an unbeaten inning of 55 runs in 30 balls. During this he hit 2 fours and 5 sixes. Dewald Brevis scored 34 runs on 27 balls. Tristan Stubbs contributed 29 runs in 24 balls. Markram scored 18 runs. Whereas New Zealand’s Matt Henry, Cole McConchie and Rachin Ravindra took 2 wickets each. While Jimmy Neesham and Lockie Ferguson got 1-1 success.

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