Since the team was South Africa, nothing could be expected in advance. How many times have they come to the shore and 'drowned'. With the name of the Proteas, the word 'chokar' is no more! That was going to be proven once again today. If only a little bit, the dream of this year's Twenty20 World Cup semi-final was going to be broken by South Africa!

SBS Desk

June 24, 2024

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South Africa sent off the Caribbean in the semi-finals

In the end it didn't. The Proteas gave a thrilling encounter to win the rain-hit match in Antigua against the hosts West Indies with 5 balls to spare using the Dark Lewis method. With the semi-final confirmed from Group-2 of Super Eight. That too became group best with 6 points.

Despite winning the first two matches of the Super Eight, the Proteas were facing a farewell as they were lagging behind in net run rate. In the first edition of the T20 World Cup in 2007 at home, they could not play in the last four due to the same reason. In the 2010 T20 World Cup, West Indies came very close but could not play in the semi-finals. A similar script was being written this time too. But Marco Jansen didn't let that happen. South Africa needed 5 runs to win in the last over. Jansen hit Obed McCoy for a six off the first ball to give the Proteas a dramatic win and a ticket to the last four.

Batting first after losing the toss, the Caribbean could not increase the score in Tabraiz Shamshi's spin. Can score 135 runs for 8 wickets. Roston Chase scored the highest 52 runs. 35 runs came from the bat of opener Kyle Meyers. Shamsi took 3 wickets. The Proteas fell in the face of rain to chase that goal. If the match was abandoned due to rain, they would have benefited. South Africa had lost 2 wickets before the rain. But after a long time he started batting again and kept losing one wicket after another. The match came down to 17 overs. And the target for the Proteas is 123 runs.

South Africa struggled to chase that run. Captain Aiden Markram (18), Tristan Stubbs (29), Heinrich Klaasen (22), David Miller (4) departed, and the Proteas were in danger. Chase took the maximum 3 wickets for the Caribbean in bowling as well as batting. In the end, the Proteas needed 13 from 12 balls. After losing Keshav Maharaj again, Jansen (21 *) completed the winning task with Kagiso Rabada. At the same time, South Africa is in the semi-finals by drowning the Caribbean in silence.