Match Date: Oct 18, 2021
Venue: Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi
Toss: South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Umpires: L Rusere (Zimbabwe), P Wilson (Australia)
Match Result: South Africa won by 41 runs
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| Temba Bavuma (C) | c Mohammad Shahzad b Mohammad Nabi | 31 | 39 | 2 | – |
| Quinton de Kock (WK) | c and b Mujeeb Zadran | 7 | 7 | 1 | – |
| Aiden Markram | c Najibullah Zadaran b Naveen-ul-Haq | 48 | 35 | 2 | 2 |
| Rassie van der Dussen | c Karim Janat b Mujeeb Zadran | 21 | 17 | 1 | – |
| Heinrich Klaasen | b Mujeeb Zadran | 11 | 8 | 1 | – |
| David Miller | not out | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Dwaine Pretorius | not out | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Bjorn Fortuin | did not bat | ||||
| Wiaan Mulder | did not bat | ||||
| Reeza Hendricks | did not bat | ||||
| Keshav Maharaj | did not bat | ||||
| Tabraiz Shamsi | did not bat | ||||
| Lungi Ngidi | did not bat | ||||
| Extras | 3 (2 lb, 1 w) | ||||
| Total | 145/5 (20 overs) | ||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||
| 1-14 (de Kock, 3.5 ov), 2-66 (Bavuma, 11.2 ov), 3-98 (Markram, 14.6 ov), 4-120 (van der Dussen, 17.3 ov), 5-120 (Klaasen, 17.4 ov) | |||||
| Afghanistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Mohammad Nabi | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | – | – |
| Mujeeb Zadran | 4 | 1 | 24 | 3 | – | – |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | – | – |
| Hamid Hassan | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | – |
| Gulbadeen Naib | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | – | – |
| Fareed Ahmad | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Afghanistan innings | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| Mohammad Shahzad (WK) | c Bavuma b Fortuin | 0 | 3 | – | – |
| Hazratullah Zazai | b Ngidi | 0 | 2 | – | – |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | c Klaasen b Maharaj | 19 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Karim Janat | lbw b Shamsi | 16 | 31 | – | – |
| Asghar Stanikzai | c Bavuma b Pretorius | 5 | 9 | – | – |
| Najibullah Zadaran | lbw b Shamsi | 6 | 8 | – | – |
| Mohammad Nabi (C) | not out | 34 | 29 | – | 3 |
| Gulbadeen Naib | c Miller b Shamsi | 17 | 20 | – | 1 |
| Rashid Khan | c Mulder b Ngidi | 0 | 3 | – | – |
| Mujeeb Zadran | not out | 0 | 1 | – | – |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | did not bat | ||||
| Fareed Ahmad | did not bat | ||||
| Hamid Hassan | did not bat | ||||
| Extras | 7 (3 lb, 4 w) | ||||
| Total | 104/8 (20 overs) | ||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||
| 1-0 (Mohammad Shahzad, 0.3 ov), 2-4 (Hazratullah Zazai, 1.2 ov), 3-29 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 5.2 ov), 4-40 (Asghar Stanikzai, 9.4 ov), 5-42 (Karim Janat, 10.1 ov), 6-51 (Najibullah Zadaran, 12.3 ov), 7-101 (Gulbadeen Naib, 18.4 ov), 8-103 (Rashid Khan, 19.3 ov) | |||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Fortuin | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | – | – |
| Ngidi | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | – | – |
| Pretorius | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 3 | – |
| Maharaj | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | – | – |
| Shamsi | 4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | – |