'South Africa and Missed Opportunities Still a Better Love Story Than...': Fans Take Dig at Proteas After Yet Another Semis Exit

South Africa were handed a defeat by Australia in the semifinal of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.

The loss extended the Proteas’ poor record in World Cup knockouts as they have never managed to make it to the final of the ICC showpiece event, since its inception in 1975.

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One fan posted a video of a wrestler being ousted immediately after reaching the ring with a caption that read, “South Africa in the ICC knockouts”

One post compiled the list of knockout defeats SA have face at previous World Cups in an update that read, “South Africa in World Cup Knockouts: Lost Semi in 1992 WC. Lost Quarterfinal in 1996 WC. Lost Semifinal in 1999 WC. Lost Semifinal in 2007 WC. Lost Quarterfinal in 2011 WC. Lost Semifinal in 2015 WC. Lost Semifinal in 2023 WC.”

Another post read, “South Africa and their missing opportunities still a better love story than Radheshyam”

One post read, “1999: Gibbs dropped both Steve Waugh and World Cup 2023: De Kock dropped both Pat Cummins and World Cup ”

Quinton de Kock dropped a crucial catch of Pat Cummins at a crucial juncture in the game and fans compared it to Herschell Gibbs’s missed opportunity back in the year 1999.

One fans shared a picture of Aiden Markram hanging his head after de Kock let a cat of Cummins slip and captioned it, “Me, when people’s incompetence affects my work.”

Another fan posted a picture captioned “South Africa #Chokers for a reason” with a play on the popular term ‘bottlers’.

Another fan shared a funny video titled, “South Africa in Semi-Finals.”

Australia will take on India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday in the final of the ICC showpiece event.