CARDIFF: South Africa defeated Afghanistan by nine wickets here in the 2019 ICC World Cup on Saturday.
Put into bat, Afghanistan crumbled to 125 all out with spinner Imran Tahir picking four wickets.
The Proteas chased down their revised target of 127 (D/L method) in 28.4 overs with openers Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock putting up an opening stand of 104 runs.