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Five occasions when South Africa’s bad luck hurt their chances in Global tournaments
South Africa has so far displayed some amazing cricket during the ODI World Cup 2023 tournament. Their latest win was against England on Saturday in Mumbai where they beat the defending champions by 229 runs. This latest triumph has given renewed hopes for the protean team and its fans.
The South Africans made their ODI World Cup debut in 1992 and are yet to win the tournament. In their 9th tournament, South Africa has witnessed some major bad luck during the global events.
In this list let us take a closer look at the five occasions when the South African team missed out on glory due to their bad luck.
#1. 2015 ODI World Cup Semi-Finals versus New Zealand –
2015 ODI Cricket World Cup (Source-Twitter)
The game at Eden Park was a 43- over per side affair as the rain affected the game. Batting first South Africa scored 281 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Faf Du Plessis top scorer with 82, while AB De Villiers was 65 not out. David Miller then powered his way to 49 from just 18 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes.
Chasing 298 for a win, Brendon McCullum led the charge with 59 runs from 26 balls as the Kiwis scored 71 runs in 6 overs. The South African team made a comeback with wickets at regular intervals. Bad luck struck when the South Africans dropped a few catches and missed an easy runout. Former South African Grant Elliot was not out on 84 runs to win the game for his side.
