ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at Eden Gardens, Kolkata

South Africa vs New Zealand

South Africa  169-8 (20 ov)Brevis 34 off 27, 3 fours and 2 sixes, Jansen 55no off 30, 2 fours and 5 sixes, McConchie 2-9, Ravindra 2-29.

New Zealand 173-1 (12.5 ov) Seifert 58 off 33, 7 fours, 2 sixes, Allen 100 off 33, 10 fours, 8 sixes, Rabada 1-28.

New Zealand win by 9 wickets.

New Zealand’s Finn Allen knocks five consecutive boundaries in one over of Corbin Bosch, and smashed an unbeaten 33-ball century  to demolish 2024 runners-up South Africa by nine wickets in T20 Men’s World Cup semi-final at Eden Gardens. New Zealand captain won the toss but elected to bowl. He said “ Every time you lose a game, you are learning from it. We weren’t as good as we could have been in defeat to South Africa in the group stages. But today was about trying to chop and change during bowling because the wicket was good. It was short ground with fast outfield.” during the T20 World Cup semi-final to win against South Africa  and reached T20 Men’s final. South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock misjudges a catch after running 29 meters.