Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan: "We would like to bat first. It's a fresh wicket, but we still need a good total on the board, always good to have runs on the board.

"The middle order haven't had as much time in the over, come in 15/16th over having to try to hit every ball, can be very hard. It's good the top order is taking responsibility, but I'm sure when they have more time in the middle they have those skills to bat for longer. I'm not worried about that.

"We haven't slept much, straight after the game we came here. A four-hour delayed flight makes it worse. Still, everyone is pumped up - it doesn't matter if you have one hour's sleep this game is huge for us, we just make sure we go with the right mindset and let the skills decide."

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Rashid Khan calls heads, it is heads and Afghanistan will bat first.

It is an approach that has worked well for them so far in the tournament.

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Three and a half weeks into this T20 World Cup. The group stages came and went, the Super 8s are done... and now it's time for the serious business.

We've reached the semi-finals and tonight it is two sides looking to make their first men's World Cup final as South Africa take on Afghanistan.

There had been some concerns about the weather ahead of the two last-four matches but the skies above the Brian Lara Cricket Academy are clear and we're good to go in Trinidad.