South Africa once again under pressure chasing a modest total against Afghanistan. Batting first they always have the confidence and with a total in front they always stumble and have no idea why they always struggle like this. They lost their 5th wicket and they still need 61 runs to win the match. Moving forward all the team will force South Africa to chase as their chances drop drastically after the toss.
If Afghanistan could pick the wicket of Rassie van der Dussen we might even see South Africa loosing the match
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This is exactly why South Africa are known as chokers. First they allowed Afghanistan to setup a formidable total of 244, after having them 160/7. And then they collapsed from 116/2 to 193/5. Rassie van der Dussen is at crease along with Andile Phehlukwayo. Latter has made 3 from 13 balls till now. They should have rather sent Gerald Coetzee or Keshav Maharaj ahead of him. The required run rate is now inching close to 6 runs per over. The problem for Afghanistan is that only one over each is remaining for Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi. If Afghanistan could pick the wicket of Rassie van der Dussen we might even see South Africa loosing the match
.South Africa won the match in the match. But winning this match was not easy for South Africa. I am sure if South Africa had batted first on this pitch they could have given a target of 350+. They have this ability. But this team is weak when it comes to run chase. This is South Africa's main weakness in this World Cup.
The pitch was spin-friendly. Spin bowlers from both teams bowled well today. As Afghanistan squad has talented spin bowlers like Nabi and Rashid Khan. So South Africa has to face a lot of problems to collect 245 runs. However, the excellent performance of Dussen and Andile saw the South African team reach the target by losing 5 wickets. Dussen remained unbeaten on 76 and Andile on 37.