
South Africa beat England and topped the points table..!!
south africa defeated england in their last league match in the Champions Trophy series and topped the points table in Group B. With this, the South African team has qualified for the semi-finals. england won the toss and elected to bat first in the league match held in Karachi. In this match, the South African team was in a situation where they would only be out of the series if they lost by 201 runs. Thus, the South African team data-faced england with good motivation. england, who won the toss and batted first, scored the highest with Joe Root (37), Ben Duckett (24), Jos Buttler (21) and Jofra Archer (25). As the rest of the players lost their matches by a few runs, england scored 179 runs in 38.2 overs.
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Vander Duisen, who remained unbeaten until the end, scored 72 runs off 87 balls. With this, south africa reached the target for the loss of three wickets in 29.1 overs. With this, south africa topped the points table. However, the fact that three players in the South African team were not fit before the semi-final has shocked fans. Temba Bavuma and opener Tony Tshorsi were already unfit, so they did not play in today's match. Due to this, Aiden Markram came in as the temporary captain. But he also got injured while fielding. Due to this, he did not come to bat. Therefore, the fact that three players were not fit before the semi-final has saddened South African fans.