LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 11 : Faf du Plessis of South Africa is bowled during the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and South Africa at the Kia Oval cricket ground on June 11, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Philip Brown/Getty Images)
South Africa had only themselves to blame after three run-outs, a load of shoddy fielding and listless captaincy all contributed to their demise against India at the Oval in London.
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 11 : Faf du Plessis of South Africa is bowled during the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and South Africa at the Kia Oval cricket ground on June 11, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Philip Brown/Getty Images)
If you need a quick recap of just how badly wrong things went, watch the video of Du Plessis-Miller run out that sent South Africa into meltdown.
People were complaining about the # going too slow. But check out what happens next…
Ashwin strikes and Hashim Amla goes for 35, South Africa 76/1 after 17.3 overs.#INDvSA #CT17
— Bahadur Zaman (@Bahadurzaman) June 11, 2017
Ah. Well at least no one else should be run out now. That would be embarrassing.
You. Are. Joking.
Just one more time, in case you can’t believe the picture either.
#INDvSA look at how David Miller was run out, him and Faf doing this whole cricket thing wrong. SMH #CT17 pic.twitter.com/896PshcK4Y
— Pholoho Selebano (@Pholoho) June 11, 2017
How prosaic. In reality, bowled off an inside edge. Heroic it was not.
Not sure Du Plessis or lead hero of Shakespeare's play!
Kill homies & commit suicide, Adios SA!#CT17 #INDvSA #iccchampionstrophy2017— Varun Joshi (@el_Diablo44) June 11, 2017
Ooof. That’s harsh.
#INDvSA
Faf du Plessis today8.2 overs
36 runs
3 wickets pic.twitter.com/7fsSALLlMU— Marendar Nodi Aka daaku raja (@abdulsaif09) June 11, 2017
Yeah yeah, laugh it up.
@amlahash @QuinnyDeKock69 @faf1307 @ABdeVilliers17 @DavidMillerSA12 new sponsor? pic.twitter.com/NRIyfDTfVE
— Mohammed Waseem Omar (@mwo_dhoodh) June 11, 2017
Yes really. It had to be Imran! How underwhelming.
WICKET! Imran Tahir run out for 1 – the third run out for the Proteas! 191 all out in just 44.3 overs @IOL #INDvSA #CT17
— IOL Sport (@IOLsport) June 11, 2017
Heh. Outdone by big Morne, though.
Rohit Sharma was trying to score fast so that he could reach another double hundred while chasing South Africa's 191. #Respect ?? #INDvSA
— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) June 11, 2017
Don’t we all!
Ahh colonial humour we can all appreciate.
A perfectly sensible question in the circumstances.
Guptas are from India and they live in SA, were the Proteas… bought? Did Zuma sell the Proteas too? #proteas pic.twitter.com/3a3jNsuFoD
— IG: Simplylunga (@lungilentsabo) June 11, 2017
Exactly. Party on!
I don't care if #proteas lose #bafanabafana won yesterday pic.twitter.com/ZeJPNvjRoL
— Tebogo Mokone (@DaRealProff) June 11, 2017
It’s a full house!
Who wants to see Morne Morkel and AB de Villiers fake crying like the last tournament they were in? #proteas pic.twitter.com/Ni90aEDNST
— IG: Simplylunga (@lungilentsabo) June 11, 2017
Can’t deny that.
Fifty comes up for #Dhawan. His third fifty in a row at #CT17.Impressive form #INDvSA #TeamIndia @SDhawan25
— Cric Things (@ThingsCricket) June 11, 2017
Hmm. Let’s just call it quits, shall we?
I want to run on the field, shake n slap each player "WTF are you doing?!" #INDvSA #Proteas "I dedicated time today to watching this crap!"
— Jazman (@JParvess) June 11, 2017
Oh go on then. Once more for posterity. You’ve got to laugh.
@officialcsa A picture is worth a thousand words #Proteas pic.twitter.com/Kv5ZaG5qr1
— Fathima Mahomed (@fats_za) June 11, 2017