Ahmedabad. The 42nd match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 was played between South Africa and Afghanistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, South Africa defeated Afghanistan by 5 wickets. Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 244 runs in 50 overs.
For Afghanistan, Azmatullah Omarzai played the biggest innings for his team and scored unbeaten 97 runs, while for South Africa, Coetzee took the maximum of 4 wickets. The South African team achieved the target of 245 runs by scoring 247 runs for 5 wickets in 47.3 overs and won the match by 5 wickets. This was South Africa’s 7th win in league matches. In this match, Dussen played the biggest unbeaten inning of 76 runs for South Africa. With this defeat, Afghanistan’s journey in this World Cup ended.