South Africa’s ‘Choker’s Show’ continues, stamp not removed for 5th time

New Delhi. South Africa’s chokers show continues in major tournaments. The Temba Bavuma-led Proteas reached the semi-finals of the World Cup 2023 with 7 wins in league matches, but their habit of stumbling into the knockouts continues. In the second match of the World Cup played at the historic Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, 5-time champions Australia defeated South Africa by 3 wickets to return from the finals for the third time. Looking at the way the African team performed in the league stage, it seemed that this team would face Australia in the semi-finals, but the team could not withstand the pressure of the big match.

South Africa reached the semi-finals for the fifth time overall in the ODI World Cup. Prior to this, she reached the last 4 of the 1992 World Cup where England beat the Proteas by 19 runs. Batting first, England scored 252 runs for 6 wickets in 45 overs. South Africa had a revised target of 252 runs in 43 overs but could only manage 232 runs for 6 wickets. South Africa faced Australia in the second semi-final of the 1999 World Cup. Then the match played in Birmingham was tied.

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Then there was a semi-final tie against Australia
Both the teams scored 213 runs. After this, Australia qualified for the final by being ahead of South Africa in the Super Six points table. After this, the two teams met in the semi-finals of the 2003 World Cup. In that match, the South African team was bowled out for 149 runs. In this match played in Gros Islet, Australia scored 153 runs for 3 wickets and won the match by 7 wickets. In the semi-final of the 2015 World Cup, South Africa were defeated by New Zealand by 4 wickets using the Duckworth–Lewis rule.

South Africa again played to the label of ‘chokers’
South Africa’s batting collapsed like a house of cards in the second semi-final of World Cup 2023. All credit goes to David Miller who scored a century in tough conditions to take South Africa to a respectable score. South Africa gave Australia a target of 213 runs. South Africa again played to the tag of ‘chokers’ when their top 4 batsmen Quinton de Kock (03), Temba Bavuma (0), Rasi van der Dusen (06) and Aiden Markram (10) reached the pavilion in 12 overs. Due to which his score became 24 runs for 4 wickets.

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