10 most embarassing World Cup records

Ever since its inception in 1975, the World Cup has seen some splendid matches, wonderful teams and records being smashed all over the place. But while there are some records you can be proud of, there are others you wish you didn’t have to your name.This is a list of the most embarassing records in the history of the World Cup. So if you are looking for most runs, wickets or proud achievements, then you can look away; this is a list of records which no team wants to be a part of. What are they? Read on.

#1 South Africas record in knockout games

Although they only started playing in the World Cup in 1992, there is a case to be made for South Africa having a good enough team to have won or at least challenged for every World Cup since. And yet, their victory over Sri Lanka in the quarterfinals of the 2015 edition is their first ever win in the knockout stages of the World Cup.

While they had made it to the semifinals on three occasions and quarterfinals twice before this, they had lost all of those games. A combination of bad luck, poor performances and an inability to get going when the going gets tough, had resulted in their demise in the knockout rounds.