Delhi: In the thrilling match played between South Africa and Namibia, the victory was decided in the last over. Batting first, South Africa made a big score of 228 runs, in reply Namibia made a great start and at one point came very close to the target, but the South African bowlers made a comeback at the last moment and gave the team victory by 11 runs. With this victory, South Africa has made it to the final of the tri-series, where it will face Zimbabwe on Sunday.

Pretorius scored an excellent century

The hero of South Africa's innings was Luan-Dre Pretorius. He played a brilliant inning of 101 runs in just 53 balls. With this century, Pretorius became the youngest batsman to score a century in T20 International among full member teams. He achieved this feat at the age of 20 years and 161 days.

Pretorius also got excellent support from Connor Esterhijn. Esterhaijn scored 88 runs in just 40 balls. His innings included 6 fours and 8 sixes. Both the batsmen put pressure on the Namibian bowlers from the beginning. South Africa had scored 70 runs in the powerplay itself.

After Esterhaijn was out, Pretorius took the innings forward. He scored runs rapidly and took his score beyond 70. Rubin Harman also supported him well and both made a partnership of 41 runs. In the last over, Pretorius completed his first T20 International century by hitting consecutive sixes against Gerhard Erasmus. South Africa scored 227 runs losing four wickets in 20 overs.

Frylink's innings was wasted

Namibia also made a great start while chasing the target. John Frylink and Lauren Steenkamp did not give any chance to the South African bowlers. Namibia scored 67 runs in the powerplay without losing any wicket. Both the batsmen together hit three sixes and eight fours in the powerplay.

Even after this, both the batsmen continued to score runs at a fast pace. Frylink completed his half-century in just 28 balls. Both of them together made a partnership of 119 runs in 11 overs. At this time, the Namibian team seemed to be moving towards its biggest successful T20 International run chase.

South Africa finally got success in the 11th over. Andile Simelane broke this partnership by dismissing Frylink. Frylink scored 72 runs on 36 balls. His innings included 6 fours and 5 sixes.

After this, Steenkamp along with Erasmus took over the innings. Steenkamp completed his half-century in 37 balls. Both made a partnership of 48 runs, but after this Steenkamp retired hurt and went out of the field.

Namibia needed 37 runs to win in the last two overs. As soon as Ruben Trumpelman arrived, he raised the team's hopes by hitting a six and a four. But South Africa stopped itself from scoring the required runs in the last over. Namibia needed 24 runs in the last over, but the team could not reach the target. Namibia could score only 217 runs after losing three wickets.

With this victory, South Africa has reached the final of the tri-series. Now on Sunday the teams of South Africa and Zimbabwe will face each other for the title.