How the Proteas Rewrote Their Cricket Story in 350 Days (Image: NDTV)
Sports News: Get used to calling South Africa champions, not chokers, because this team has completely changed now. This team has completely changed itself in 350 days and is entering the field with the sole intention of winning. This team, which always falters in big matches, is now playing like a champion. The whole world saw this in the final of the World Test Championship on 14 June 2025, where this team did not look under pressure at all and showed a great game. The South African team has been performing brilliantly for almost a year. Last year in this month, it made it to the final of the T20 World Cup, where it was defeated by Team India in a close match, but the team achieved a new position in world cricket by performing brilliantly in Test cricket.
In last year's T20 World Cup, South Africa performed brilliantly and made it to the first final. In the title match held on 29 June 2024, it gave a tough fight to Team India, but India defeated it by 6 runs in a close match. After this, it was criticized a lot all over the world, but the team was not disappointed by this and continued to perform consistently.
After this, under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma, the South African team played brilliantly in the Champions Trophy 2025 and made it to the semi-finals, but once again had to face defeat. In the semi-final match, New Zealand defeated them by 50 runs. After this, once again the word chokers started being used for them and the team was mocked, but the team continued its game and spread its magic in the longest format of cricket.
Under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma, the team won seven consecutive Test matches and made it to the final of the World Test Championship 2025, but everyone was saying that this time too South Africa will falter in the big match. Looking at the Australian team in front, it seemed so, because it is very difficult to defeat Australia in ICC tournaments, but the way South Africa showed its game in the title match, everyone was stunned. South Africa washed away the stain of chokers and became the world champion of this long format.
After defeating Australia by 5 wickets in the title match of WTC, it won the ICC trophy after 27 years. With this, South Africa also ended its wait for a World Cup for 33 years and got the honor of becoming the world champion in senior cricket for the first time.
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