Both the men’s and women’s cricket teams of South Africa won the hearts of the fans with their game in the year 2024, but they had to face defeat in the final match of 2 important ICC tournaments. In the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 played in UAE, the South African team made a great journey to the final, but the pressure of the title match was once again seen on them and they suffered a huge defeat of 32 runs. At the same time, within 4 months, the hearts of South African cricket fans were broken once again. Earlier in June this year, in the final match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the South African team had to face defeat in a thrilling match against India.
First India broke our hearts, and now New Zealand did
In the year 2024, South Africa’s men’s team showed a great performance in the T20 World Cup played in the West Indies, in which they faced the Indian team in the final match and their victory seemed certain in that match for a while, but suddenly their grip on the match weakened in the last overs, in which they had to face defeat by 7 runs in the match against India. Now something similar was seen in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup as well, where the New Zealand women’s team appeared completely under pressure in this match and eventually had to face defeat by 32 runs.
In the year 2023 also, the South African team lost in the final
South Africa also performed well in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup held in early 2023, in which they secured their place in the final of the tournament, but in the title match, they faced the Australian team against whom they had to face defeat.