India, Feb. 12 -- South Africa wicketkeeper-batter Ryan Rickelton was struggling to describe his side's thrilling T20 World Cup win over Afghanistan after two Super Overs, saying that he's just pleased to get over the line in the end. In a game for the ages, South Africa managed to get past a plucky Afghanistan after two wildly oscillating Super Overs. Rickelton (61 off 28) and Quinton de Kock (59 off 41) put together a brilliant century stand with brisk fifties to power South Africa to 187 for six in the Group D match.

Afghanistan matched that total but failed to knock off the required 23 runs when the game went into the six-ball each shootout for the second time on a frenzied day. South Africa had matched Afghanistan's total of 17 in t...