The 31st match of T20 World Cup 2024 was played between South Africa and Nepal, in which South Africa defeated Nepal by 1 run. Nepal was about to pull off the biggest upset of the T20 World Cup, but it couldn’t do it. Nepal needed two runs off the last ball to stay in the tournament, but Nepal’s Gulsan Jha was run out by Henrik Klaassen at the non-striker end, ending the Super Over of the match. Nepal’s defeat dashed its hopes of reaching the Super-8. After the team’s defeat, tears came to the eyes of the fans.
Nepal did better than South Africa for most of the match, but in the end the match went in South Africa’s favour.
A heartbreak for Nepal. pic.twitter.com/1VOLsW6z9O
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 15, 2024
Nepal captain Rohit Poudel won the toss and elected to bowl first and restricted South Africa to just 115. Nepal’s team was in a good position even while chasing the target. Nepal dominated South Africa throughout the match.
Chasing the target, Nepal’s top order batsmen had scored 85/2 by the 14th over. But the story of the match turned completely in the last 18 balls.
Tabrez Shamsi played an important role in this victory of South Africa, who took four important wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs.
The last 3-4 overs were the turning point of the match. Nepal needed 25 runs in the last five overs and the team had 7 wickets in hand. South Africa turned the match around from here. Nepal lost 4 wickets during this period and failed to score 25 runs. Nepal could score only 114 runs by losing 7 wickets in 20 overs and lost this match by 01 runs.
