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The echo of Kolkata: South Africa's uneasy next act against New Zealand 

Merely days after a shock semifinal exit at a World Cup, South Africa will face their conquerors in a bilateral T20I series

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The final that wasn't 

Tipped widely to reach the final, an unbeaten South African unit faltered in the semifinal against New Zealand

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Death by match-ups 

How Mitchell Santner's tactical switches dismantled South Africa on a big World Cup night

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'Snotklap' ends South Africa's unbeaten run 

South Africa's worst night at the men's T20 World Cup coincided with one of Shukri Conrad's most unvarnished press conferences

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Stats: A record-breaking night for Finn Allen 

The New Zealand opener tore into the record books enroute his blistering unbeaten 100 in the semifinal against South Africa

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Wrong South Africa turn up, and are sent home 

After seven straight wins, Aiden Markram's side unravelled when it mattered most, blown away by a blistering Finn Allen hundred

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Finn Allen's record ton puts New Zealand in final 

The opener smashed a 33-ball ton - the fastest in a T20 World Cup - that helped New Zealand smash South Africa in the semifinal

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Pasting in Ahmedabad, still pressure in Kolkata 

South Africa showed New Zealand no love on February 14, but that hammering counts for nothing in the big knockout bout

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Two contrasting World Cup campaigns, one ticket to Ahmedabad 

It won't matter how South Africa and New Zealand got to Kolkata. Wednesday night will allow only one of them to fly forward

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Can New Zealand challenge South Africa's all-round might? 

Recent form, team combinations and history suggest South Africa stand firm favourites, but New Zealand have defied those odds in the past