WI vs SA T20 WC 2024: South Africa Clinch Thrilling Victory Over West Indies To Secure Spot In T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Finals

WI vs SA T20 WC 2024: South Africa secured a thrilling win over co-host West Indies to book a slot in the T20 World Cup 2024 semi-finals.

WI vs SA T20 WC 2024: South Africa Clinch Thrilling Victory Over West Indies To Secure Spot In T20 WC Semi-Finals. ( Image Source :PTI )

WI vs SA T20 WC 2024: South Africa (SA) defeated co-hosts West Indies (WI) by three wickets in their last Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup 2024 top enter the semi-finals of the tournament. Led by Aiden Markram, the Proteas will join England from Super 8 Group 2 in the semi-finals. Co-hosts West Indies, led by Rovman Powell, bow out of the T20 World Cup 2024 after securing five victories and two losses. Unfortunately for them, both of their losses came in the Super 8 stage, resulting in their disqualification from the marquee tournament.

South Africa, with this win, climb atop the Group 2 points table of the Super 8s and remain unbeaten in the tournament.

Opting to bowl first after winning the toss, they got themselves off to a great start as Marco Jansen dismissed West Indies opener Shai Hope for a golden duck. Bowling the second over, skipper Aiden Markram dismissed West Indies mainstay Nicholas Pooran on the very first ball of the second over. Kyle Mayers and Roston Chase stabilized things for West Indies but Tabraiz Shamsi broke the crucial partnership in the 12th over. From then on, they lost wickets at regular intervals and 135-8 in 20 overs is what they finished with.

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South Africa are through to the semi-finals following an edge-of-your-seat thriller 😲#T20WorldCup | #WIvSA pic.twitter.com/v8gkZXYKeq

— ICC (@ICC) June 24, 2024

South Africa Emerge Victorious In Nail-Biting, Rain-Marred Match

In reply, the Proteas began things rather shakily as they lost Reeza Hendricks and Quinton de Kock early in the innings. The game got disrupted due to a rain delay and the match was subsequently shortened by three overs for South Africa and their revised target was 123 runs (DLS method). 

Heinrich Klaasen gave the Proteas innings some spur with Tristan Stubbs holding the fort on the other side. However, a disciplined bowling performance by Roston Chase saw South Africa lose wickets in quick succession and they were reeling at 110-7 in 15.3 overs. But to South Africa's respite, Kagiso Rabada's boundary followed by Marco Jansen's six sealed the victory for the Proteas and earned them a spot in the semi-finals.