Key Highlights
- It started with the 1999 World Cup loss to Australia and persisted until the 2024 T20 World Cup, losing the final to India in the Caribbean. Now, the reigning World Test Championship winners are the team to beat in the T20 World Cup being played in India and Sri Lanka.
- Their winning run continued with a 5-wicket win over Zimbabwe on Sunday.
- Coach Shukri Conrad was asked if this brings pressure and the much-dreaded reminder of being chokers?"There's always pressure.
- I think it's what you do with that pressure and how you shift the pressure.
- As for the C-word [chokers], I think there's another one for that - 'cupcakes.' I'm sure we kind of enjoyed that," said Conrad. The cupcake reference relates to a TV advert in the lead-up to the India vs South Africa Super Eight match where an Indian fan jokingly told a South Africa supporter about "repeating history" from the 2024 T20 World Cup while teasing them over a cupcake.