When you talk about South Africa in World Cup, there are 3 incidents that flash across your minds. 22 runs of 1 ball, the run out of Allan Donald and D/L loss by 1 run against Lanka. Also called as “Chokers”, this team has never cross the Semi-Final hurdles in the World Cup. ?How ever they can turn the tables this time around in sub-continent.
With Graeme Smith captaining the side, South Africa has a leader which is admired and respected by the entire squad. Opening the innings, Smith can be a perfect inspiration of other batters to follow. Hashim Amla has been a revolution in ODI?s since last one year and is a perfect foil for Graeme Smith at the top of the innings.?With players like Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers and JP Duminy patrolling the middle order, Proteas battings looks well organized.
Youngsters like Faf du Plessis, Colin Ingram and Morne van Wyk( who can also keep wickets ) add more depth to the already strong looking batting line up. With a pace battery of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Wayne Parnell at their disposal, South Africa?s fast bowling looks good to trouble the best even on flat sub-continental pitches.
With quality spinners like Johan Botha, Robin Peiterson along with a new comer Imran Tahir, South Africa has a good line up of spinners in their squad. South Africa has arguably the best fielding side in the tournament and has fielders who can turn a game around with an unbelievable catch or a run out as witnessed in 1992 edition when Inzi was run out by Jonty Rhodes at Brisbane.??So proteas who sadly have never played to their potential in the World Cup will definitely like to change things this time around.