NEW DELHI: Rassie van der Dussen is steadfast in asserting that South Africa isn’t burdened by any Cricket World Cup baggage, even when their loyal followers could at occasions really feel like they’re “watching a film they’ve seen earlier than”.
South Africa’s World Cup historical past has been marked by a scarcity of victories, regardless of the presence of cricketing legends corresponding to Allan Donald, Jonty Rhodes, Herschelle Gibbs, Lance Klusener, and AB de Villiers.Since their inclusion within the occasion in 1992 after apartheid, they’ve but to say the World Cup title.
South Africa has, every now and then, been the architects of their very own misfortune, with situations such because the heart-wrenching tied semi-final towards Australia in 1999, the misinterpretation of rain-affected run-rate laws in 2003, and a nail-biting loss to New Zealand within the semi-finals in 2015.
These departures from the match have led to allegations of “choking,” and after a shocking loss to the Netherlands earlier within the present version, critics as soon as once more questioned their psychological resilience.
Nevertheless, South Africa’s sole defeat on this World Cup has been the loss to the Netherlands. Of their six World Cup matches in India, the Proteas have managed to maintain their composure, narrowly defeating Pakistan by only one wicket of their most up-to-date outing.
They subsequent face New Zealand, who’ve gained 5 straight World Cup matches towards the Proteas since 1999, in Pune on Wednesday.
Van der Dussen, requested throughout a pre-match press convention in Pune on Tuesday if South Africa have been certainly carrying any “baggage”, replied: “No, I suppose it is about simply acknowledging and accepting it.
“After that Dutch sport, we took plenty of flak from again house and positively within the media as effectively. There is not any use in delving an excessive amount of into it. You’ve got simply obtained to just accept it and transfer on.”
The 34-year-old batsman added: “You realise that there is individuals at house and followers which have been actually scarred by the earlier performances of South Africa at World Cups.
“You possibly can’t actually criticise them for feeling that approach, for the criticism to come back from, I suppose, a spot of damage the place they’ve seen that film earlier than.”
Even so, he insisted: “However personally, and I believe it goes for most likely the general public in our squad and administration group, that we’ve not lived that.
“So, it is not likely relevant to us.”
Coming updated, he mentioned the Pakistan match was a constructive as “we did not play our greatest cricket in any respect, particularly from a batting sense, and we nonetheless managed to get a win”.
Wednesday’s match takes place simply days after South Africa’s Springboks defeated their arch-rivals, New Zealand’s All Blacks 12-11 to win a tense Rugby World Cup remaining in Paris.
Victory gave the Springboks, who gained all three of their knockout matches by only a one-point margin, a fourth World Cup title.
“We take huge inspiration from them,” mentioned Van der Dussen.
“We all know plenty of these gamers personally as effectively…And I believe the true realisation for us is that we’re no completely different.
“We’ve not gained World Cups, but when we do handle to get there at a while, it will likely be actually an honour for us to be talked about in the identical sentence as these guys.”
(With AFP Inputs)
South Africa’s World Cup historical past has been marked by a scarcity of victories, regardless of the presence of cricketing legends corresponding to Allan Donald, Jonty Rhodes, Herschelle Gibbs, Lance Klusener, and AB de Villiers.Since their inclusion within the occasion in 1992 after apartheid, they’ve but to say the World Cup title.
South Africa has, every now and then, been the architects of their very own misfortune, with situations such because the heart-wrenching tied semi-final towards Australia in 1999, the misinterpretation of rain-affected run-rate laws in 2003, and a nail-biting loss to New Zealand within the semi-finals in 2015.
These departures from the match have led to allegations of “choking,” and after a shocking loss to the Netherlands earlier within the present version, critics as soon as once more questioned their psychological resilience.
Nevertheless, South Africa’s sole defeat on this World Cup has been the loss to the Netherlands. Of their six World Cup matches in India, the Proteas have managed to maintain their composure, narrowly defeating Pakistan by only one wicket of their most up-to-date outing.
They subsequent face New Zealand, who’ve gained 5 straight World Cup matches towards the Proteas since 1999, in Pune on Wednesday.
Van der Dussen, requested throughout a pre-match press convention in Pune on Tuesday if South Africa have been certainly carrying any “baggage”, replied: “No, I suppose it is about simply acknowledging and accepting it.
“After that Dutch sport, we took plenty of flak from again house and positively within the media as effectively. There is not any use in delving an excessive amount of into it. You’ve got simply obtained to just accept it and transfer on.”
The 34-year-old batsman added: “You realise that there is individuals at house and followers which have been actually scarred by the earlier performances of South Africa at World Cups.
“You possibly can’t actually criticise them for feeling that approach, for the criticism to come back from, I suppose, a spot of damage the place they’ve seen that film earlier than.”
Even so, he insisted: “However personally, and I believe it goes for most likely the general public in our squad and administration group, that we’ve not lived that.
“So, it is not likely relevant to us.”
Coming updated, he mentioned the Pakistan match was a constructive as “we did not play our greatest cricket in any respect, particularly from a batting sense, and we nonetheless managed to get a win”.
Wednesday’s match takes place simply days after South Africa’s Springboks defeated their arch-rivals, New Zealand’s All Blacks 12-11 to win a tense Rugby World Cup remaining in Paris.
Victory gave the Springboks, who gained all three of their knockout matches by only a one-point margin, a fourth World Cup title.
“We take huge inspiration from them,” mentioned Van der Dussen.
“We all know plenty of these gamers personally as effectively…And I believe the true realisation for us is that we’re no completely different.
“We’ve not gained World Cups, but when we do handle to get there at a while, it will likely be actually an honour for us to be talked about in the identical sentence as these guys.”
(With AFP Inputs)
