Who isnt waiting for this World Cup 2019? The Cricket Perennial chokers have set up high ambitions by making an attack with the help of their bowlers. They are going to make a potent attack with the help of Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada when South African team will make the attempt to win the biggest prize of cricket. In the year 1999, South Africa lost a match from Australia during Semifinals and they have been called, chokers from that time. The underachiever tag hasnt left them and they are knocked out at the semifinal stage for the four times.
They havent weighted down themselves even they have got chokers tag but they have accepted it and tried to work harder than before. Upton has also said that the chokers label is just exaggerated for South African team and it is really unfair also. He realizes that South African players have struggled and performed better in the last few years and they will do very well in the coming years ahead. They will definitely win this trophy sometime and then they will prove it to the world. They just need to stay focused on the game and they can definitely get rid of the chokers tag in no time.
Best Spinners and pacers
The South Africa bowlers are really amazing as they have top spinners and pacers who can make nice bowling attack when they are on the field. Leg spinner Tahir, Speedster Steyn, and pacer Kagiso Rabada will make the team stronger in this Cricket World Cup. Tahir and Rabada as one of the topmost ODI bowlers in the entire world and they have also shown their amazing performance during IPL. Rabada has got variation and speed due to which he can even throw new bowl with equal measure and closeness. If the team wants to enhance the chances of winning in this world cup, then there is a need for a strong wrist spinner and Tahir is the one who is the weapon of the team. He has taken 162 wickets with an average of 24 in total 98 ODIs.
South Africas World Cup results might not have been amazing before but they will come back with a stronger team than before and it might be possible that they go ahead of the semi-finals. Only four wickets are required to break this World cup barrier and it is believed that Steyn will stay free from injury so that he can provide the best guidance to the team. Andile Phehlukwayo has performed really well from the year 2015 with an average of 29.8 with the ball and 31.3 with the bat.
This team might not boast of becoming big winners like other teams but they have really strong teammates like Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock, Hashim Amla. This will be the 3rd Cricket World Cup of Steyn, Tahir, Amla, Duminy, and Du Plessis. David Miller and de Kock are making their 2nd appearance in this event.
Emerging as a stronger team
As per the past records, the team has really played well and there are a lot of chances that their gameplay can definitely help them to get ahead of semi-finals. Amla has been selected as the opening batsman even due to poor performance in these times. He is selected ahead of Reeza Hendricks who has played total 18 ODIs consecutively. Although, Amla has a record of 27 ODIs and no one can ignore it but in this past year, he hasnt shown quite amazing performance. South Africans are hoping that he might do well as he always did before in this Cricket World Cup.
David Miller is selected due to his 5 ODI centuries and he can also enter in World cup tournament with a good touch. Aiden Markram has also included in the team due to his domestic form but he has just an average of 29 when he played 19 One-day matches internationally. The chief executive of South African Cricket, Thabang Moroe quoted that racial quotas wont apply in this Cricket World Cup. The Campaign of South African team ended up with a huge controversy on quotas and thats why new team management has decided to pick the player Vernon Philander for semi-finals against New Zealand team. The South Africans might be able to get rid of their chokers tag in this year because they have worked really hard and the bowlers are looking stronger than before. They do believe that they have strong competition in front of them but they will try their best.
