Highlights | SA Vs AFG ICC ODI World Cup 2023 Live Cricket Score and Updates: South Africa Beat Afghanistan By 5 Wickets

South Africa vs Afghanistan (SA vs AFG), ICC ODI World Cup 2023 Match Highlights Cricket Scorecard and Updates: Rassie van der Dussen scored much needed 75 runs in 2nd innings.

South Africa vs Afghanistan ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Live Score.

SA vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023 Highlights Score Updates: South Africa navigated a successful yet non-clinical run-chase, overcoming a modest target with a steady start of 57/0 in the initial powerplay. Although both openers fell quickly, a crucial partnership between Rassie van der Dussen and Markram unfolded, disrupted by Rashid, who also dismissed the dangerous Klaasen. Despite Nabi removing Miller, South Africa faced a 60+ run requirement. Rassie's composed innings and Phehlukwayo's boundary spree against Naveen-ul-Haq sealed the victory with 15 balls to spare. In the first innings, Afghanistan, opting to bat, struggled to 116/6, but 23-year-old Azmatullah Omarzai's fine batting ensured a respectable total. Nevertheless, the second innings saw easier stroke-making, demanding significant effort from South Africa to secure the win.

Follow Highlights Score And Updates From Match Number 42 Of ODI World Cup 2023 South Africa vs Afghanistan. 

10 November 2023

23:00 IST

SA vs AFG Live: South Africa Captain Temba Bavuma

"My leg is sore, don't know to what extent, it's gonna have to be fine. I had that option of coming off. I wanted to be out there with the guys. Opportunity for me to spend some time out in the middle. That's what I felt was right at that moment. Winning is a habit, we want to take that momentum through. We batted second and to get over the line in that manner, that's going to put a lot of confidence. Fantastic knock by Rassie who took ownership of the innings and guys batted around him. The wicket got better. We'll take the win, take the confidence and the momentum that comes with it. We'd like to be playing here again. We have a big hurdle that we have to get over first that is Australia in Kolkata."

22:32 IST

SA vs AFG Live: Afghanistan Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi

"As a captain I am quite happy with our performance. We fought till the last moment in each and every game. Good learnings for us in the future. Proud of the way our batters performed in this tournament. We were struggling before this tournament. We sat together and talked about the weak point, so at the end, you saw the result how our batsmen did. That's a positive thing, looking forward to the future. Everyone knows that we have good spin department. If we go with the same momentum, we'll be a very good side. We gave a good message to the world in this tournament. We played big teams and we fought till the last moment. Australian game, it was in our hands, but it was shocking for us."