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South Africa secured a much needed win against Afghanistan on Sunday evening at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Batting first, South Africa posted a mammoth total of 209 for the loss of 5 wickets.

AB de Villiers was at his brilliant best as he scored 64 runs off just 29 balls with a strike rate of 220.68. Quinton de Kock & Francois du Plessis contributed with 45 & 41 respectively.

It was always a tough ask for the Afghanistan side but Mohammad Shahzad gave them the perfect start as he scored a quick-fire 41 off just 19 balls before getting bowled out to Chris Morris. Chris Morris took 3 more wickets & ended the game with a figure of 4/27 as the Proteas won the game quite comfortably by 37 runs.

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Here are the best tweet from the game:

https://twitter.com/denniscricket_/status/711481670558289920

https://twitter.com/denniscricket_/status/711519624748146688

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