The Netherlands sent South Africa crashing out of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on Sunday morning with a historic 13-run victory at the Adelaide Oval and also propelled India into the semi-finals.
The latest addition in the series of shocks at the ongoing tournament left Pakistan and Bangladesh 🐈competing for the last spot in the final four.
Table-toppers India are on six points and will face Zimbabwe in their last match of Super 12 stage at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday evening. The result of India versus Zimbabwe clash will decide the final fate of Super 12 standings and who faces whom in the upcoওming semifinals.
Chasing 159 for victory after Colin Ackermann’s 41 not off 26 balls, South Africa could just manage 145 for the loss of 8 wickets, with Dutch pacer Brandon Glover returning with impressive figures of 3-9 in two overs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
What a World Cup this has been. Full of twists and turns. Netherlands eliminatꦇing South Africa. Maza aa raha hai
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Pakistan and Bangladesh fans right now 😅
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Went for breakfast with a friend. Told him we'll go Dutch. He almost choked at the proposition!😋😋
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
I love this bowling group all tournament and their spirit so much. Well deserved 🍬victory for them👏꧂🏻👏🏻. Feel for South Africa again. Pakistan still in it. What an .
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Well done Netherlands!
So good today, congratulations
— Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62)
Have loved and admired South African cricket. But their tryst with the World Cup is like one of those Hindi movie tragedies from the 50s and 60s. And there doesn't seem to be a happy ending in the last scene!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Congratulations Netherland🐎s, in this World Cup, there’s nothing like a favourite team. Individuals who group and take responsibilities will win it for their side.💜 Top quality cricket.
— Unmukt Chand (@UnmuktChand9)
Congratulations you guys pla💫yed really well in this World Cup ! Best wishes in future tournaments
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Bad Luck done everything right till last minute…now all 👀 on &
Cricket is very unpredictable game…..— Dimuth Karunarathna (@IamDimuth)
Gefeliciteerd 🎉🧡
— Pri🎐yanka Chaudhary Raina (@PriyankaCRaina)
This is theeeeee Best World Cup for lower 💃ranked teams. Solid cricket from Netherlands 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Wait,what just happened unbelieva🅠ble pictures from Adelaide . Congratulations to Netherlands what a performance 🎭. And now it’s time for the bo✃ys in green to step up . It’s now or never .
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive)
Namibia beat Sri Lanka.
Netherlands beat South Africa.
Zimbabwe beat Pakistan.
Ireland beat England.No South Africa & Australia in theꦰ Semi-final.
Best T20 World Cup ever.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
All too familiar🫣😬
— Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa)
Netherlands you beauty 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal)
Eish boys…
— Marizanne Kapp (@kappie777)
A brilliant performance with both bat and ball 👏
Colin Ackermann is the POTM from 👏
— ICC (@ICC)
Wow what is happening. This World Cup 👀
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)
I keep trying to convince people that South Africa's chokers tag is wrong, it is based on a very small sample.
South Africa keep re𝕴sponding by increasing the sample size.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42)
From here, South Africa missed ꦗthe Semi-final ticket.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
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India is through to the semi-finals
South Africa is out of the tournament
The winner of Pakistan v Bangladesh will qꦿualify for the semi-fin🍰als
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket)
