ICC World Cup 2023's Match no. 42 is being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday (November 9) with South Africa taking on Afghanistan. The Proteas have already qualified for the semifinal while Afghanistan are still in the run but only on paper.
Both sides, however, have some in-form batters in Quinton de Kock, Ibrahim Zadran, Aiden Markram, Rahmanullah Gurbaz among others. We take a look at how many sixes were hit by both teams during the match and how it impacted our overall list.

| Team | Sixes |
| South Africa | 82 |
| Australia | 75 |
| New Zealand | 71 |
| Pakistan | 57 |
| India | 53 |
| Sri Lanka | 45 |
| Afghanistan (6 sixes) | 42 |
| England | 37 |
| Bangladesh | 35 |
| Netherlands | 24 |
| Team | Sixes |
| New Zealand | 77 |
| Pakistan | 62 |
| Bangladesh | 61 |
| South Africa (6 sixes) | 61 |
| Sri Lanka | 50 |
| Netherlands | 48 |
| Afghanistan | 46 |
| England | 45 |
| Australia | 39 |
| India | 27 |
Note: List updated after the first innings of South Africa vs Afghanistan match
Match details
Match: South Africa vs Afghanistan
Toss: Afghanistan won the toss and opt to bat
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Chris Brown, Nitin Menon
Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena
Match Referee: Jeff Crowe
South Africa vs Afghanistan Playing 11
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Andile Phehlukwayo, David Miller, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
Bench: Reeza Hendricks, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi, Marco Jansen
Support Staff: Rob Walter, Jean-Paul Duminy, Rory Kleinveldt
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq
Bench: Fazalhaq Farooqi, Riaz Hassan, Abdul Rahman, Najibullah Zadran
Support Staff Jonathan Trott, Raees Ahmadzai, Hamid Hassan, Ryan Maron
Broadcast Guide
Streaming: Disney+Hotstar, TV: Star Sports Network
Coming Saturday (November 11) will be the last of doubleheader at the ICC World Cup 2023 with confirmed semifinalists Australia taking on Bangladesh in their last group match at the MCA International Stadium in Pune in the morning match. The afternoon start will see Pakistan will be on a mission impossible against England as they need to win by a miracle of a margin.