Unfortunately, Afghanistan didn't took the wickets of key players Rassie van der Dussen but Rashid Khan took 2/37 and Mohammad Nabi 2/35 a brilliant fight from the Afghanistan spinners against South Africa. South Africa winning it by 5 wickets because of brilliant innings of Rassie van der Dussen 74 unbeaten. Afghanistan is now officially out of wold cup, they win 4 matches out of 9 matches in this world cup. Afghanistan beaten first time 3 world champions Pakistan, Srilanka and England.
Did you really thought that Afghanistan had a good chance of qualifying for the semis? Out of the three teams who had 8 points each after the 8th round (Afghanistan, New Zealand and Pakistan), Afghans had the lowest net run rate. Even for Pakistan, it is getting almost impossible to qualify (they need to win by a margin of 287 runs, or need to chase down the target in just 2.5 overs). Afghanistan was never really in the race. But to their credit, they have secured qualification to the 2025 Champions trophy, which by itself is a great achievement.