New Delhi. The World Cup 2023 is about to end. The 10-team tournament began on October 5. So far 5 teams have been eliminated. India, Australia and South Africa have made it to the semi-finals. New Zealand is also certain to play the semi-finals. But the final decision will be taken from the match between Pakistan and England today. The semi-final matches will be played on November 15 and 16. The final will be played on November 19 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The South African team is playing the ODI World Cup for the 9th time. He made it to the semi-finals for the 5th time. But the team could not make it to the final even once. In such a situation, it remains to be seen whether the team will be able to overcome this bad record in 2023.
South Africa will face Australia in the second semi-final of the World Cup 2023 on November 16. Earlier, South Africa made it to the semi-finals of the World Cup in 1992, 1999, 2007 and 2015. In 1992, the South African team entered the ICC tournament for the first time. He surprised everyone with his brilliant performance, but in the semi-final, Pakistan’s young batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq played a memorable innings to snatch victory from South Africa. Later Pakistan also won the title.
Semifinal tie, but loss
The semi-final of the 1999 World Cup was a painful one for the South African team. The Australian team could score only 213 runs in the first game. In reply, the South African team was also bowled out for 213 runs. Allan Donald was run out on the fourth ball of the 50th over. But due to the loss by Australia in the league stage, the South African team was out of the race for the final and the Kangaroo team managed to make it to the final. Herschel Gibbs took a simple catch of Steve Waugh in a league match. Waugh then scored a century and led Australia to victory.
The team ended up on 149 runs
Talking about the 2007 World Cup, the South African team could score only 149 runs against Australia in the semi-finals. Fast bowler Shaun Tait took 4 wickets. In reply, Australia achieved the target by losing 3 wickets. In the 2015 World Cup, New Zealand was knocked out of the tournament by defeating South Africa in the semi-finals. South Africa scored 281 runs batting first. In reply, Grant Elliott scored an unbeaten 84 to give the Kiwi team a memorable victory. He needed 12 runs in the last over to win. 2 runs were scored off the first 2 balls of Dale Steyn. After this, Daniel Vettori hit a four off the third ball. Then took a part. Elliott smashed Africa’s dream by hitting a six off the 5th ball. After this many players including AB de Villiers started crying on the field.
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As for World Cup 2023, South Africa has won 7 out of 9 matches. He has lost in 2. He got this loss against Netherlands and Team India. In such a situation, it remains to be seen whether the team under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma will manage to reach the finals. On the other hand Kangaroos team has won the ODI World Cup title the most 5 times. In such a situation, it will not be easy for South Africa to beat Australia.
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Tags: South Africa, World Cup 2023
First published: November 11, 2023, 06:31 IST