South Africa are commonly know as chokers in world cricket and their batting display against India in a must-win Champions Trophy match was not much different.
Openers Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock provided the Proteas a stable start, but the middle-order messed up any hope of getting to a challenging score. And even though India’s bowling was incredibly disciplined, South Africa’s running between the wickets was pretty terrible. Three of their batsmen got run-out and this included AB de Villiers, who sacrificed his prized wicket for a single. He was followed by David Miller and later by Imran Tahir.
The run-out proved to be India’s highest wicket-taker on the day as they bowled out the Proteas for a mere 191 in 44.3 overs.
And as usual, Twitter had a field day given the comedy of errors that led to a mighty South African collapse.
Thank you Faf Du Plessis 😘#12th_man for #IndiaTeam#INDvSA
😂😂 pic.twitter.com/G0pFOruP70— Mr.Doodle (@kartik8597) June 11, 2017
Wicket-takers for @BCCI 👇
3: Run Out2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar2: Jasprit Bumrah1: Ravichandran Ashwin1: Hardik Pandya1: Ravindra Jadeja pic.twitter.com/dviaoey7JG— ICC (@ICC) June 11, 2017
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/MBgMccNWGw
— Chicken Biryanii (@ChickenBiryanii) June 11, 2017
When did they introduce Mens doubles in cricket ? pic.twitter.com/bIRhxltfNN
— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) June 11, 2017
When you wakeup in the morning & you have only one toilet in the house. pic.twitter.com/r1PnBaV1r4
— ßєคɾɖ ßɷყ 🇮🇳🏏 (@BeingFlicked) June 11, 2017
Memes be like:😂😂😂😂😂
PS: i tried.😂#INDvSA pic.twitter.com/Lxdm3C1qq0— SRK’S PANKHI💙 (@yaariyanlover) June 11, 2017
When you’re forced to work on Sundays 😝😂 #INDvSA #CT17 pic.twitter.com/QDJ9yrQwVb
— Subha 🏏 (@Iamsubha27) June 11, 2017
SA Fans Be Like..🤐#INDvSA pic.twitter.com/5AZiyl0zLJ
— SRKian VISHAL (@Be_ViSHaL_SRK) June 11, 2017
Chokers 😭😭😭#CT17 #TeamIndia #INDvSA #ChampionsTrophy2017 #ICCTrophy pic.twitter.com/NSE37DT0Wb
— Pujara’s biggest fan (@JpkPreet) June 11, 2017
Australians waiting for South Africa at the Airport. #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/frGArHpaHe
— Sand-d Singh (@Sand_In_Deed) June 11, 2017
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