David Miller’s heroic batting in the second super over got South Africa over the line against Afghanistan in Ahmedabad.
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Published February 11, 2026
South Africa defeated Afghanistan in the second super over in the T20 World Cup of Cricket following Wednesday’s dramatic Group D match, resulting in a draw at the end of regulation.
Fazalhaq Farooqi’s run-out left Afghanistan with the ball and ended their chances of winning within regulation, leaving both teams tied for 187.
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Afghanistan scored 17 runs in the first super over and Farooqui was in a position to win again, restricting South Africa to 11 runs with one ball remaining, but Tristan Stubbs scored a six to level the score again.
South Africa took the lead in the second tie-break, with David Miller and Stubbs combining for 23 points with three sixes.
Keshav Maharaj gave South Africa the initiative with a wicket and two dot balls to start the second super over, with Afghanistan needing 24 from four balls, or four sixes.
Enter Rahmanullah Gulbaz. With nothing to lose, the big-hitting opener, who had scored 84 off 42 earlier, hit three consecutive sixes to reduce the required runs to six runs per delivery as Afghanistan chased South Africa’s target at 187-6.
Maharaj’s wide reduced the target to five from one delivery and further increased the possibility of a tie-break, but the South African spinner rebounded by catching Gurbaz at backward point on the next delivery. It was game over.
Lungi Ngidi, who led at 3-26 during the match and bowled the first of the super over, was named man of the match.
“I lost a lot of weight today. I have never been so stressed out in a cricket match,” he said. “To win two super overs with such batting from our batsmen…I am very happy.”
South Africa earlier defeated Canada in the opening match. After losing their first match to New Zealand, Afghanistan lost both of their group games and are unlikely to advance to the Super Eight from a group containing the top three teams. Only the top two teams from each of the four groups will advance.
