The South African team has changed its 32-year-old history. This team, which has been losing in the semi-finals since 1992, has now won it. Under the captaincy of Aiden Markram, the team has entered a World Cup final for the first time by defeating Afghanistan. With this, it has broken the 32-year-old 'chakravyuh' of the semi-finals.

South Africa played its first white ball cricket against India in 1991. Since then, the team has reached the World Cup semi-finals 7 times, but could not cross this 'chakravyuh' of knockouts even once.

The series started with a controversy in 1992

South Africa played its first ODI World Cup in 1992, a year after playing white ball cricket. The team performed brilliantly in this tournament and made it to the semi-finals. However, in the semi-finals, it had to face defeat by 19 runs against England. This match was quite controversial.

Chasing 253 runs in 45 overs, South Africa scored 231 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. After this, the game was stopped due to rain and the target was reduced to 22 in 1 ball and South Africa lost. In 1999, once again South Africa was unlucky and could not cross the target of 214 against Australia. In the last over, only 8 out of 9 runs could be scored and the match was tied.

In the semi-final of the 2007 ODI World Cup, Australia's fast bowlers took 5 wickets for 27 runs in the first ten overs. South Africa was all out for only 149 and its dream was shattered again. The team lost to Pakistan and India in the 2009 and 2014 T20 World Cups.

After this, in 2015, South Africa played a semi-final match against New Zealand, but despite being in a strong position, the team choked again. The players dropped many catches of the New Zealand team's batsmen, which became the reason for the defeat. Dale Steyn could not save 11 runs in the last over. South Africa performed very well in the 2023 ODI World Cup, but Australia defeated it by 3 wickets in a thrilling semi-final match.

South Africa showed the glory of eight

After losing 7 semi-finals, South Africa has shown its dominance in the eighth time.

It has entered the semi-finals by defeating Afghanistan in a one-sided match. Not only this, South Africa made another record in the eighth semi-final. In this T20 World Cup, South Africa has won 8 matches in a row. With this, it has broken its own record of winning T20 matches consecutively and has equaled the record of Australia in T20 World Cup.

It has entered the semi-finals by defeating Afghanistan in a one-sided match. Not only this, South Africa made another record in the eighth semi-final. In this T20 World Cup, South Africa has won 8 matches in a row. With this, it has broken its own record of winning T20 matches consecutively and has equaled the record of Australia in T20 World Cup.