T20 World Cup 2021: "Jeet K Bhi Haar Gaye" - Fans sympathize with South Africa for getting ousted despite winning 4 out of 5 games
South Africa's bad luck at ICC tournaments continued as they bowed out of the ongoing T20 World Cup on Saturday night. It was disheartening for the Proteas players and their fans as the team put in a spirited performance by winning four of their five Super 12 matches.
South Africa also managed to beat Group 1 table-toppers England in their final match on their way out. It was the first defeat for Eoin Morgan's team in the tournament. England, Australia, and South Africa all ended with eight points. However, due to superior net run-rates, England and Australia usurped South Africa to advance to the semi-finals.
Fans were disappointed to witness South Africa's heartbreaking exit from the World Cup and took to Twitter to express their views on the matter. Most of them appreciated Temba Bavuma's boys for playing a good brand of cricket and putting on a great show.
Fans react after South Africa crash out of World Cup even after defeating leaders England
Jeet K bhi Har gaye 💔 Feeling sad for this team.
#SAvENG https://t.co/qPD4G9RWVA
It's confirmed now, Australia are through to the semis. Brave effort by South Africa, fantastic win against England but while they didn’t qualify to the semis, they should be proud at the way they are progressing as a team. #ENGvSA #T20WorldCup
Still waiting @Eoin16 what are you doing twitter.com/thebarmyarmy/s…
Sadly, #SouthAfrica won the battle but lost the war!
#T20WorldCup21
#T20WorldCup
#ENGvSA #SAvsENG
South Africa have had a fantastic World Cup. Overperformers for sure, looks like they have beaten the post-ABD era blues. Markram, RVDD make a solid middle order, Bavuma's capt was impressive & they will always have Nortje, Rabada, Shamsi to make a deadly bowling attack. #ENGvSA
So, Pakistan gonna face Aussies in the semis. https://t.co/8nbXET6GQF
ICC tournaments & sadness for South Africa continues.
Wins the match, but out of the tournament because of low NRR
It's high time now @ICC should start thinking introduction of quater finals in the t-20 world cups, becz net run-rate should not be given so importance then a win. @OfficialCSA also won 4, but denied qualification becz of lower net run-rate. @T20WorldCup @StarSportsIndia #ENGvSA
Rabada Conceded 45 Runs In His First 3 Overs! ❤️ And His Last Over 🏏🔥
W | W | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
He Took A Hat-Trick And Made A Comeback 🤩🇿🇦
First South African To Pick A Hat-Trick In T20Is And In ODIs Both 😈🥀
#T20WorldCup #ENGvSA #SouthAfrica #England #Rabada 🔥 https://t.co/4OeiE4b0f4
The Australian team watching England make all the overthrows and bowl length balls at the death "accidentally".
#SAvENG https://t.co/juHTRkYoIl
Hard luck man!! Out of these big teams in tournament, a team without Faf du plessis and Ab De Villiers South Africa has impressed a lot, very unfair not qualified for semis even after winning 4/5...
#SAvENG #AfgvsNZ #ENGvSA
Pakistan vs Australia in the semi final again.
Let's take the revenge for Saeed Ajmal 🔥
@REALsaeedajmal
#SemiFinal https://t.co/YzyBI6D2kk
Pakistan to play the semi-final against Australia! Best Of luck to The teams. Congratulations to @OfficialCSA for an Amazing win against England but unfortunately couldn’t qualify for semi-finals.
#ENGvSA #SemiFinal #pakistan @ICC @TheRealPCB https://t.co/FcuQZRHWT8
SA win 4 games out of 5, like England and Australia, yet can’t find place in the semis. Cruel. However, this young side looked the most improved in the world in this format and has a lot going for it
Proud of you manne!
England beat Australia
Australia beat south Africa
South Africa beat England
#ENGvSA #T20WorldCup https://t.co/EIReBxwWer
#ENGvSA #Rabada #England #SouthAfrica https://t.co/nK1Y9jTZCd
South Africa should be proud of themselves as each of their games went into the last over and not like Australia who lost badly against England and then went on to win the next 2 games easily & qualified.
#SAvENG #ENGvSA #T20WorldCup
#ENGvSA #T20WorldCup #SAvENG https://t.co/sybZjVqaR5
#ENGvSA #T20WorldCup https://t.co/50OtisTltD
Liam Livingstone hits a 112m six - the biggest of the tournament!
What a spoiler for South Africa. A win here against England and a worldcup hatrick for Rabada but they couldn't qualify for the semis. Dang! This one's gotta hurt. So close yet so far.
#ENGvSA
Oh the disappointment on their faces😢
I feel so bad for them
Won but lost that's what happened
They played so well still didn't managed to qualify
Better luck next time SA 🙌
#ENGvSA
#T20WorldCup
Useless hat-trick in the history of cricket...😥 #ENGvSA
If South Africa had chased down the target against B'desh (85) in 7.5 overs - ceteris paribus - they would have gone through ahead of Australia #ENGvSA twitter.com/AliHaroon4/sta…
Bavuma has gained a lot of respect in this tournament the way he has handled himself and his team . I hope he starts performing consistently . #GoodBloke
Temba bavuma after watching Rabada final over and his hat trick
#ENGvSA
@meme_ki_diwani https://t.co/PHlL5XPsyw
Bavuma has been very good as captain, credit where credit is due.
He has calmness as a leader. Just needs to up his batting prowess.
Have To Appreciate The Way #SouthAfrica Played, Despite Of Missing Some Big Names In The Team, Winning 4 Out Of 5 Games Being In Group 1, Is Absolutely Remarkable!
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Eoin Morgan says Jason Roy's calf injury will be assessed tomorrow.
But it doesn't look great. A lot of options for England, all of them requiring a reshuffle.
It was a bitter-sweet end, the young guys will learn a lot from this experience: Temba Bavuma
South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma opined that the victory against England in their final fixture was a bitter-sweet one for his side. Even though they did not qualify for the semis, Bavuma feels that the young players in the side will learn a lot from the experiences in this tournament. Speaking at the post-match presentation, Temba Bavuma said:
"Today's win was important for us. It was a Bitter-sweet end. We achieved what set out to do, which was to win this game. But we just couldn't win it big enough to boost our net run rate.
He added:
"At the start of the tournament, the net run rate was never a factor for us as we concentrated on winning games. It's always tough to make up for that at the back end, especially against quality opposition like England. The young guys will learn a lot from this experience. It will give us a lot of knowledge on how to go about things moving forward.
South Africa exceeded the expectations of many fans and performed admirably, even though they fielded a relatively inexperienced side. They will be looking to take a few lessons from this World Cup and put on an improved performance in the next edition.