In the first innings of today's match, Netherlands batted and collected 245 runs while South Africa did not give much of a target of runs. But when South Africa came out to bat in the second innings, the way they started batting was truly ridiculous. No one imagined that South Africa would play so poorly with a normal team like the Netherlands sitting at the 10th position in the points table. South Africa where they beat a team like England by a huge margin and against a team like Sri Lanka put up a huge score of 428 runs to win by a huge margin, which is the highest score in ICC 2023. Such a strong team is unable to cope with a normal team like Netherlands today, losing wicket after wicket and batting performance has not improved yet. If South Africa continue to play like this, we can say for sure that they will lose against the Netherlands. There are still many overs to go if the batsmen can make a good partnership then the match is winnable, and if wickets fall they can definitely lose. South Africans still need to collect 184 runs from 170 balls to win against Netherlands, if they play the game it is possible. And in today's match, the South African team is in the worst form where they batted in frustration. And could it be that South Africa took the Netherlands too lightly today which is why they are in this situation today.
I think cricket is a game in which sometimes the good team loses to the weak team,and there have been many such occasions in the past . So sometimes even the best team has a bad day. South Africa are one of the best teams in the World Cup, and their performances in their last two matches have been excellent.
The match is not over yet and both David Miller and Klaasen are the best batsmen at the crease. Who can be expected to give a winning performance in any match. However, South Africa may lose this match. Today may not be a good day for South Africa, but the batsmen of any team cannot be blamed for a single misdeed. Just as Afghanistan gave a historic defeat to England yesterday, other weak teams are also capable of defeating a strong team.