South Africa trailed Afghanistan by 5 wickets in the final match of the group stage of the ICC ODI World Cup. The target of 245 runs presented by Afghanistan was chased by South Africa with the loss of 5 wickets 15 balls ahead. Rasi Bhar der Dusen scored 76 not out and led the team to victory. Andile Phelukwayo gave him good support by scoring 39 runs not out. Opener Quinton de Kock contributed 41 runs, Aidan Markram scored 25 runs and David Miller scored 24 runs. Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan took 2 wickets each for Afghanistan. Earlier, Afghanistan, who won the toss and batted first, scored 244 runs after losing all the wickets in the scheduled 50 overs. Azmatullah Omarzai played the highest innings of 97 not out for Afghanistan. Just three runs short of making a century, he hit 7 fours and 3 sixes in 107 balls. Other batsmen could not contribute much. Rahmat Shah and Nuru Ahmed scored 26 runs each while opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 25 runs. For South Africa, Gerald Kotji took 4 wickets and Lungi Ngidi and Keshav Maharaj took 2 wickets each. After 9 matches of the round, South Africa is in the second position with 14 points. The team lost only to India and Netherlands in the group stage. Afghanistan is in sixth place with 8 points.