Both teams were unchanged from their concluding Super Eights games.

Rain delayed the toss in the T20 World Cup semi-final between defending champions England and India in Guyana on Thursday.

It was Proteas' first semifinals victory in eight attempts, beginning in 1992, as they demolished Afghanistan's T20 World Cup dream in ruthless fashion with a nine-wicket victory in the first semifinal, in Trinidad today.

"If the game demands an innings of a different nature, he's got that skill. So, he's definitely a key player for them. Big players step up in the big moments," said England coach Matthew Mott.

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has alleged that India tampered with the ball during their T20 World Cup victory against Australia in St Lucia.

Thousands gathered in the capital Kabul and in Khost, Jalalabad and other cities to celebrate the fairytale win, which also eliminated the formidable Australians from the competition.

Australia and Warner could only watch on powerless as Afghanistan instead reached the semi-finals by beating Bangladesh by a nail-biting eight runs.

Afghanistan have realised cricketing history in reaching the final four of the mega event, edging out Bangladesh in one of the most dramatic T20I contests of all time.

Rohit, however, fell just eight runs short of a century, departing after a belligerent 41-ball 92 with seven boundaries and eight maximums as India made 212 for six after being put into bat first.  

Australia made one change to the team that suffered a shock 21-run defeat by Afghanistan, with left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc replacing spinner Ashton Agar.

The USA leg of the Men’s T20 World Cup saw riveting cricketing action including the home team’s stunning upset win in Dallas and an incredible India vs Pakistan nail-biter in New York.

Shamsi claimed 3-27 in Sunday's three-wicket win over two-time champions West Indies as South Africa chalked up a seventh win in seven games at the tournament.

"With every ball, every run, every boundary, every wicket, I wasn't able to hold my emotions," said university student Zamir Afghan in the capital Kabul.

All four teams in Group 1 are still a mathematical chance to progress to the semi-finals heading into the final two matches.

If India win, they would move onto the semis with six points and Australia would remain on two points and their qualification hopes will be depend on the outcome of the Bangladesh-Afghanistan match the next day.

"To get that hat-trick in a place I was born, a place I played so much cricket, in front of my family, my friends, the atmosphere, hearing the music going and everything, a nice day," he said.

Cramped-up Glenn Maxwell's incredible double-century helped Australia snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in ICC 50-over World Cup in November, leading to Afghanistan falling just short of qualifying for the semi-finals.

A win for Australia would have sent the 2021 champions and India into the last four, but even a second hat-trick in as many matches from Pat Cummins was not enough to keep their unbeaten record at the tournament intact.

Bangladesh were the inferior side on display throughout the match and unsurprisingly suffered a 50-run drubbing.

A string of attacking cameos powered India to 196 for five, their highest total in what has been a low-scoring tournament so far, in the Group 1 contest at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua.