South Africa overcomes plucky Afghan challenge
The middle and lower-order batsmen swung at everything, but wickets fell often enough to ensure that there was no realistic chance of the target being overhauled. Morris led the way for South Africa – who dropped Dale Steyn, only to see David Wiese, his replacement, go for 47 – with excellent figures of 4 for 27, while Imran Tahir continued his good form with 2 for 24.
The Afghan fans, especially those that had filled up the Sunil Gavaskar Pavilion, never stopped cheering, but in the end, those six balls where de Villiers cleared the straight and midwicket boundaries with awesome power made all the difference.