T20 World Cup 2024: Highest score of 200+ by the team that never won the title.

New Delhi. The ninth season of the ICC T20 World Cup is going to start in June with the match between America and Canada. The T20 World Cup was organized for the first time in 2007 and was hosted by South Africa. In the 8 seasons of the tournament, 6 teams have won the title so far. West Indies and England have won the trophy twice, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia have won the trophy once each. First i.e. in 2007 T20 World Cup, where Team India became champions, while England last achieved this feat in 2022 World Cup.

Of the 12 full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), South Africa, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ireland and Zimbabwe have never won an ODI or T20 World Cup. Among them, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ireland and Zimbabwe never made it to the semi-finals, while New Zealand reached the final of the 2021 World Twenty20, but were denied the title by losing to Australia. Similarly, the South African team is far from the title despite reaching the semi-finals twice (2009, 2014). Interestingly, despite scoring 200+ 5 times in the history of T20 World Cup, the South African team did not even make it to the final, let alone the title. Apart from South Africa, no other team has scored 200 or more runs twice.

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South Africa scored 200+ maximum 5 times
200 or more runs have been scored 14 times in T20 World Cup so far. Known as the ‘choker’ due to series losses in major matches, South Africa has done it five times, West Indies, England and India twice and Sri Lanka, Pakistan and New Zealand once each. The highest score of the tournament (260 runs, 2007) is by the Sri Lankan team. South Africa are the only team to score 200+ runs twice in one edition of the World Cup. The team did it in 2016 but in this World Cup the team did not even make it to the semi-finals.

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These are the top 5 scores of South Africa T20 World Cup
1. 229/4 vs England, T20 World Cup 2016
(Hashim Amla’s 58, Quinton de Kock’s 52 and JP Duminy’s unbeaten 54 helped South Africa to 229 for 4, but Joe Root’s 83 helped England chase down the score by 8.)
2. 211/5 v Scotland, World Cup 2009
(Helped by AB de Villiers’ unbeaten 79, Jacques Kallis’ 48 and captain Graeme Smith’s 38, South Africa scored 211 for 5. In reply, Scotland were all out for 81. South Africa won. The match was won by 130 runs.)
3. 209/5 vs Afghanistan, World Cup 2016
(South Africa scored 209 for 5 thanks to AB de Villiers’ 64, Quinton de Kock’s 45 and captain Faf du Plessis’ 41. In reply, Afghanistan were bowled out for 172. South Africa won the match by 37 runs.)
4. 208/2 vs West Indies, World Cup 2007
(Chris Gayle’s 117 in the match saw the West Indies score 205 for 6 in 20 overs. In reply, Herschell Gibbs’ 90 and Justin Camp’s unbeaten 46 helped South Africa level the score by two wickets in 17.4 overs.) After the loss, the team won the match by 8 wickets. .
5. 205/5 vs Bangladesh, World Cup 2022
(South Africa scored 205 for five in 20 overs with the help of Riley Roseau’s 109 and Quinton de Kock’s 63. In reply, Bangladesh were bowled out for 101 in 16.3 overs. South Africa won the match by 104 runs.)

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6 times South Africa’s journey ended in the second round
Looking very strong on paper, the South African side have reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup twice so far, while six times their journey has ended in the second round. The South African team led by Aiden Markram will participate in the 2024 World Cup. The team also has good players like Henrik Klaasen, David Miller, Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, T Stubbs and Gerald Coetzee. In such a situation, it remains to be seen whether the dream of the South African team to win the trophy will be fulfilled or not.