The Proteas are one step away from breaking the most frustrating drought in South African sport, after securing a crushing nine-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Trinidad on Thursday morning to reach the T20 World Cup final.
While the SA womens team reached the T20 World Cup final in Cape Town last year, it is the first time the national mens side have qualified for a major global final in any format.
The Proteas stayed unbeaten after eight matches at the tournament, and they made sure of it by cruising to a convincing win in their semifinal.
Batting first, Afghanistan were bundled out for just 59 runs, with only Azmatullah Omarzai (who made 10) reaching double figures.
All-rounder Marco Jansen spearheaded the Proteas frontline attack, taking 3/16, and spinner Tabraiz Shamsi helped clean up the tail, returning 3/6.
