New Delhi. The South African cricket team has been tagged with chokers, which it has once again failed to remove. Due to consecutive defeats in the knockouts of big tournaments, this team has started being called chokers. The opportunity to defeat this tag came to the South African men's and women's team in the last 4 months but they missed it. The Proteas team had to return disappointed after losing to New Zealand in the Women's T20 World Cup final. Earlier, the men's team had also lost to India in the T20 World Cup final.
South African team is called chokers because of choking on big occasions in ICC events. In every tournament, the team plays brilliantly and manages to reach the semi-finals and now the finals but could not win the title. In the last 4 months, South Africa had a chance to become T20 World Champion twice but the team choked. First India and now New Zealand broke the team's dream of winning the ICC trophy.
Team lost two World Cup finals in 4 months
How can any South African fan forget the defeat of the T20 World Cup final against India in June this year? The team needed 30 runs on 30 balls and had 6 wickets in their hands, yet could not win the final. India turned the match in the last 5 overs and the South African team lost the game. Now in the final of the Women's T20 World Cup against New Zealand, while chasing 159 runs, the team had 3 wickets for 70 runs, yet the team could only score 126 runs for 9 wickets.
FIRST PUBLISHED : October 21, 2024, 09:31 IST
