This shocking defeat against the Netherlands will be remembered by the South African cricket team for a long time. They lost to a determined Dutch team in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup 2022. South Africa would have received 7 points to advance to the semifinals if they had won. However, as Pakistan and India become the two semi-finalists from Group 2, they return home with just 5 points. Temba Bavuma opened up about what went wrong for the Proteas men after the loss, stating that they did not go well when it mattered the most. "Very depressing. Before this game, we were very active."
We stumbled when it mattered because we were aware that the game had to be won. A difficult one for the guys to swallow. We were in charge of everything together.
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"We had the faith and the confidence. The shape was behind us. In the presentation ceremony that followed the match, Bavuma stated, " We just couldn't do the business when it mattered."
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The tag of chokers returned to claim South Africa's participation in a World Cup for the second time following the shocking 13-run defeat to the Netherlands. With the bat, only Anrich Nortje was able to control the Netherlands batters with his economical 1/10 inning in four innings.
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However, the batting performance surprised everyone because no Proteas batter scored more than 25 runs, the highest score being Rilee Rossouw's 25. Bavuma acknowledged that his team did a lot of things wrong in a pressure match, including not getting many runs from the short, square boundaries, despite the Dutch being spot-on with the ball and in their fielding to earn their first victory over South Africa.
When you lose that way, you can see a lot of things. I threw the first ball, won the toss, and bowled first. Wasn't ideal to give them a bad start and give them 158. Similar to the Pakistan game, we got stuck with the bat. At critical times, we lost wickets. They used the dimensions of the ground much better than we did, despite the wicket becoming a little rough. "Just wasn't good enough from us all."
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