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South Africa ICC Trophy Win Year: The South African team is standing at the threshold of creating history. He needs only 69 runs to win in the final of the World Test Championship 2025. Australia gave South Africa a target of 282 runs on the third day in the final match being played at Lord’s ground. In response, Africa has scored 213 runs, Aidan Markram has scored century and captain Tamba Bawuma has also scored half -centuries. If Africa becomes a champion, will it be its first ICC Trophy. Know how South Africa has been in the ICC tournaments?
South Africa is called ‘Chokar’
South Africa is called ‘Choks’ as this team often loses in the knockout stage of ICC tournaments. South Africa has lost in the semi -finals of the 1992, 2007, 2015 and 2023 ODIs. At the same time, she has been in a bad condition in the Champions Trophy as even in this tournament, the Africa could not win the title despite reaching the semi -finals 5 times. It was only last year when India defeated South Africa in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup.
South Africa has won an ICC Trophy
It may surprise you that South Africa has won an ICC Trophy. This is the case of 1998 when the Champions Trophy was known as ‘Nockout Trophy’. In the 1998 final of the ICC Nockout Trophy 1998, South Africa won a historic victory by defeating Bangladesh by 4 wickets.
Africa also played the final of the 2009 Champions Trophy and the 2024 T20 World Cup, but had to be deprived of its distance ICC Trophy on both occasions. Now if South Africa defeats Australia in the final of the World Test Championship, then this will be its second ICC Trophy.
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