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Afghanistan fairytales journey end with a unexpected way on Thursday (27 June), South Africa demolished Afghanistan's T20 World Cup dream in ruthless fashion thrashing the minnows by nine wickets with more than 11 overs to hand, reach the final of the cricket showpiece for the first time.
Left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi (3 for 6) and gangling pacer Marco Jansen (3-16) spearheaded the rout of Afghanistan's brittle batting line-up for just 56 off 11.5 overs after they chose to bat.
Afghanistan's captain Rashid Khan said his team will take belief from their T20 World Cup campaign despite Wednesday's thrashing by South Africa.
This will be South Africa's first senior men's final since the inaugural Champions Trophy in Bangladesh in 1998 when the side led by Hansie Cronje defeated Brian Lara's West Indies team in the title match.
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