South Africa and the Netherlands played against each other in the 40th match of the 20-20 World Cup 2022. The Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Dutch team posted a total of 158 runs for the loss of four wickets. While chasing the target, the South African team unexpectedly fell short of the target by 14 runs and lost the match by 13 runs.
And it comes another time when South Africa choked in a major international tournament. Before the defeat against Pakistan, Temba Bavuma’s men were looking comfortable to reach the knockouts of the eighth edition of the 20-20 World Cup. But unfortunately, they ended up at the receiving end of one of the big upsets in the ongoing edition.
Another elimination of South Africa also gave a chance for the cricket fans to come up with their sarcastic approach while reacting to the result. They took to Twitter for taking a jibe at South Africans and later, came up with some funny and hilarious memes. So, here we’ll have a look at the top 10 memes from the South Africa vs Netherlands game.
Here’s a look at the Top 10 memes from South Africa vs Netherlands game
Even in 2011 ODI world cup South Africa didn't qualified for Semi-final and Pakistan qualified. Oreo magic 😂 pic.twitter.com/Xxvngzhei2
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) November 6, 2022
ICC to South Africa pic.twitter.com/NTMn3g2B61
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) November 6, 2022
Official sponsor of South Africa #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/MtA2NU3HvT
— NetherlanDennis (@DennisCricket_) November 6, 2022
South Africa after getting choked in every International tournament: #SaVsNed #chokers pic.twitter.com/e7UjSnqAAp
— Amrutha Vilas 4D (@amruthavilas4d) November 6, 2022
Pakistanis watching Netherlands winning from South Africa : 😅#SAvsNED pic.twitter.com/USwogFbz4O
— Shakeel Ahmed (@Shakeel00781) November 6, 2022
Me checking the scorecard of South Africa vs Netherlands#T20WorldCup #SAvsNED pic.twitter.com/luJDkfcJJz
— abdurrahmaan (@abdurrahmaa_k) November 6, 2022
Netherlands won from South Africa, Pakistanis be like:#SAvsNED #PAKvsBAN pic.twitter.com/GJsSTnCZlJ
— Maham Gillani (@dheetafridian__) November 6, 2022
Pakistanis on their way to twitter to congratulate Nederland for their victory against south Africa #SAvsNED#PAKvsBAN pic.twitter.com/JwvhZQh8Ye
— Arslan Ali Baloch (@ArslanAliBaloc4) November 6, 2022
South Africa 😭 pic.twitter.com/o6P2G0Mez3
— Gagan🇮🇳 (@1no_aalsi_) November 6, 2022
Van Der Merwe to South Africa after that Miller catch.. pic.twitter.com/zmyAOpcQOX
— PSL Memes (@PSLMemesWalay) November 6, 2022
South Africa to ICC events. pic.twitter.com/By9LdNtq7B
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) November 6, 2022
Speaking of the match, Colin Ackermann and senior batter Stephen Myburgh played crucial knocks of 41 and 35 runs respectively. Other than the two, number three batter Tom Cooper also played a knock of 35 runs off 19 balls with two boundaries and two sixes. On the back of these knocks, the Netherlands posted a total of 158 runs for the loss of four wickets.
While chasing the target, South Africa faced some early blows as they lost their both openers only on the score of 39 runs. The proteas were comfortably heading to the target till David Miller and Aiden Markram had a charge there in the middle. Eventually, South Africa lost the match by 19 runs and got eliminated from the tournament