If India can’t defend the glory, my bets are on the so called “Chokers“. South Africa have never reached the final of the World Cup since their return to international cricket in 1992. Yet they have always seemed capable of winning the trophy. Until something happens. As we know, Cricket is a sport entranced by hocus pocus and uncertainty. Their very first World Cup, it was the rain rule, which in the space of 12 minutes transformed South Africa’s semi final run-chase against England from well doable 22 runs in 13 balls to dead 21 runs from 1 ball, causing farce, embarrassment and heartache in equal measure. The ridiculous outcome was bad news for everyone, except perhaps Messrs Duckworth and Lewis. There were tears in the South Africa dressing room after that preposterous semi-final defeat, which denied the side a fairytale return to international cricket. One thing was sure, Proteas did not “choke”, they broke!
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Cricket World Cup: Proteas Are Certainly Not Chokers
Shwetank Bhushan Singh
Feb 09, 2015, 09:32 PM | Updated Feb 18, 2016, 12:25 PM IST
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The South African side is one of the best Cricketing teams out there and they deserve better than to be called ‘chokers’
The World Cup of Cricket is back again. It will take quite a few sensations for the 2015 World Cup to match the drama and emotion of 1992, the only other occasion when the tournament was held in Australia. 1992 may be regarded as the first modern World Cup: it was the first to involve night cricket and coloured clothing; it was reckoned that the global television audience exceeded one billion. And there was plenty going on to divert that audience. Even when it rained. Especially when it rained, which it did quite often in that late Australasian summer.
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