India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah on Tuesday won the ICC Men's Player of the Month for June, beating skipper Rohit Sharma and Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
South Africa ended their semifinal curse, registering their first-ever win in semifinals in eight matches across both ODI and T20 World Cups to end Afghanistan's dream campaign and book for themselves a spot in the finals against either India or England.
The big match inexperience of Afghanistan was clearly visible as their batting line-up folded for just 56 runs thanks to fiery spells from pacers Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen in the powerplay and Tabraiz Shamsi's dangerous spin in the semifinals. Proteas on the other hand, have overcome a
Proteas and Afghanistan are battling it out for a first-ever final appearance in a ICC World Cup across both ODI and T20I formats. South Africa finished the group stage unbeaten in Group two, while Afghanistan finished at number two behind India in Group one, with two wins, including a hi
Afghanistan's progression to the semi-finals of the World Cup has been a remarkable and wholesome story for a team who have been on the rise in this format for some time, with New Zealand and multi-time world conquerers Australia the highest-ranked teams facing the Afghan storm.