{"id":23638,"date":"2026-02-11T14:57:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/proteas-prevail-in-dramatic-fashion-against-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:24","slug":"proteas-prevail-in-dramatic-fashion-against-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/proteas-prevail-in-dramatic-fashion-against-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Proteas prevail in dramatic fashion against Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">It took two super overs before South Africa and Afghanistan could be separated in their International Cricket Council Men\u2019s T20 World Cup Group D match in Ahmedabad.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>And the Proteas prevailed in the most dramatic fashion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>After the match ended in a tie with both teams having scored 187, Proteas batter Tristan Stubbs needed a six off the last ball of the first super over, to give his team another crack at victory.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>He produced and in the second super over, Stubbs and David Miller batted first and posted 23 runs with three sixes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj then restricted Afghanistan to 19 for two to secure victory.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The Proteas remain unbeaten from two matches and next take on the only other unbeaten team in the Group D, New Zealand, in Ahmedabad on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23311,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-23638","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Proteas prevailed in the most dramatic fashion.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Proteas prevailed in the most dramatic fashion.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26540,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23638\/revisions\/26540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}