RSA vs AFG highlights: Temba Bavuma-led South Africa is scheduled to play in the 42nd match of the World Cup 2023 against Hashmatullah Shahidi-led Afghanistan.
| Match No | ICC World Cup 2023, 42nd match |
| Match | South Africa vs Afghanistan |
| Date | November 10, 2023 |
| Toss | Afghanistan won the toss and opt to bat |
| Venue | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Result | South Africa won by 5 wickets |
South Africa vs Afghanistan playing 11
South Africa Squad
Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
Afghanistan Squad
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq
South Africa vs Afghanistan Scoreboard
| Team | Scoreboard |
| Afghanistan | 244-10 (50 ov) |
| South Africa | 247/5 (47.3 ov) |
RSA vs AFG highlights
Afghanistan innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | c Klaasen b Maharaj | 25 | 22 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 113.63 |
| Ibrahim Zadran | c †de Kock b Coetzee | 15 | 30 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 50 |
| Rahmat Shah | c Miller b Ngidi | 26 | 46 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 56.52 |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) | c †de Kock b Maharaj | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | not out | 97 | 107 | 173 | 7 | 3 | 90.65 |
| Ikram Alikhil † | c †de Kock b Coetzee | 12 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 85.71 |
| Mohammad Nabi | c †de Kock b Ngidi | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Rashid Khan | c †de Kock b Phehlukwayo | 14 | 30 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 46.66 |
| Noor Ahmad | c †de Kock b Coetzee | 26 | 32 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 81.25 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | c Markram b Coetzee | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 160 |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | run out (Rabada) | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Kagiso Rabada | 10 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lungi Ngidi | 8.3 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 8.11 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Aiden Markram | 4.3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5.55 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Coetzee | 10 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 4.4 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 10 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2.5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andile Phehlukwayo | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 5.14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Quinton de Kock † | lbw b Mohammad Nabi | 41 | 47 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 87.23 |
| Temba Bavuma (c) | c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 23 | 28 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 82.14 |
| Rassie van der Dussen | not out | 76 | 95 | 141 | 6 | 1 | 80 |
| Aiden Markram | c Naveen-ul-Haq b Rashid Khan | 25 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 78.12 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | b Rashid Khan | 10 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 76.92 |
| David Miller | c & b Mohammad Nabi | 24 | 33 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 72.72 |
| Andile Phehlukwayo | not out | 39 | 37 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 105.4 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 10 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 5.1 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 6.3 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 10 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 3.5 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashid Khan | 10 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 3.7 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Noor Ahmad | 9 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 5.44 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rahmat Shah | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Player of the match
Rassie van der Dussen | South Africa
We were happy with bowling first, we would have chased anyway. We knew they were a quality bowling attack and we wanted to put ourselves in a difficult situation. There are one or two things we can tweak but happy with how the run-chase went. In any chase, there has to be someone who plays the anchor role.
We had a lovely platform with Quinny and Temba giving us a solid platform and that made it easy for me. Happy to play that role tonight and we got some good partnerships in the middle, happy to get across the finish line. It’s funny when you do something so well and the other part is not so good, people say you are doing that badly.
We were on the 50-50 mark in terms of chasing so we wanted to put ourselves in a difficult situation and test ourselves going forward. Going into the semi-final, this is what we wanted to do and it worked out well. We have taken a lot of learning from the last two games.
Kolkata was a lot drier and a lot lower. We know what to expect going into the semi-final. Hopefully, if we get back here again, we’ll put in a similar performance.
