In-stead of sending the in-form Rahmanullah Gurbaz to bat in the second Super Over, Afghanistan sent in Mohammad Nabi, trusting his striking abilities against spin bowling.
South Africa survived pure T20 mayhem here, edging Afghanistan only after two Super Overs and only after Rahmanullah Gurbaz, the man ... a second Super Over.South Africa’s second Super Over was ruthless.
It will perhaps never be the remotest consolation that it forced history to be rewritten with two Super Overs required to separate the sides by the barest of margins ... Super Over 1 ... Super Over 2 ... South Africa won by the Super Over .
After the original match ended in a tie, and a subsequent Super Over also failed to separate the two sides, the Proteas finally clinched victory in a second Super Over ... .