South Africa looked in great trouble against Netherlands and they escaped defeat against Nepal by 1 run. In T20 World Cup 2024, they have been looking weak despite winning all their matches. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka pushed them to their limit along with Netherlands. Now, Nepal almost pulled a huge upset.
Going into the details, Nepal won the toss and elected to field first. South Africa found their opener Reeza Hendricks batting through for most of the innings. He scored 43 runs from 49 balls while others failed. Quinton de Kock(10), Aiden Markram(15), Heinrich Klaasen(3), David Miller(7) failed big time.
Tristan Stubbs scored 27 runs from 18 balls to finish the innings for SA. Due to his innings, South Africa ended up scoring 115/7 in 20 overs. Dipendra Singh Airee(3/21) and Kushal Bhurtel(4/19) took wickets for Nepal and helped them to restrict SA batters. Nepal bowling team gave a real chance to their batters to give them a historic win.
In the chase, Nepal openers Kushal Bhurtel(13) and Aasif Sheikh gave a watchful start. Rohit Paudel could not score. Anil Sah(27) joined Aasif Sheikh(42) to take them to 100 and give them a realistic chance.
Till the last over, Nepal kept trying and fell short of just 1 run, scoring 114/7. Tabraiz Shamsi(4/19) took wickets for South Africa. Nepal will learn to cross the line in such close matches with this experience.
