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SA vs SL World Cup Live Updates: South Africa take a winning momentum into their World Cup opener against Sri Lanka desperate to escape the tag of big-time chokers. Since South Africa returned from the apartheid-era wilderness, their relationship with the tournament has been bittersweet at best, cursed at worst. In 1992, they were handed a rain-revised and mathematically impossible target of 22 runs off one ball to defeat England in the semi-final. Eleven years later, they misread the rain rules in a tied match with Sri Lanka and exited their own tournament. At the 1999 event, they conjured defeat from certain victory in a farcical finish in their semi-final with Australia.Read Less
South Africa vs Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka lost both their World Cup warm-ups, to Afghanistan and Bangladesh
SA vs SL: After being bowled out for just 50, Sri Lanka were thrashed by 10 wickets with India storming to the target in the sixth over
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South Africa vs Sri Lanka: This year, Sri Lanka put together a 13-match winning streak but suffered two losses to India in the Asia Cup last month including in the final
SA vs SL: Sri Lanka, the 1996 World Cup winners, had to come through qualifying to reach the tournament
SA vs SL: Sri Lanka's decline over the last decade has been painful
South Africa vs Sri Lanka: In the last two World Cups played in this part of the world, Sri Lanka have emerged champions in 1996 and finished runners-up in 2011
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South Africa vs Sri Lanka: South Africa aren't the only ones struggling to keep their cricket thriving
SA vs SL: The word 'choke' has become synonymous with South Africa's performances in big events over the decades
South Africa vs Sri Lanka: South African cricket has been in choppy waters, and Bavuma has been placed in front of the wheel to steer them towards stability
South Africa vs Sri Lanka: Bavuma isn't someone to sugarcoat the issues plaguing his team and doesn't mind discussing the dreaded word 'choke'
SA vs SL Live Score: When one of the most experienced members of the team - Quinton de Kock - publicly declares that the lure of T20 leagues is much greater than the pride of representing his country, there ought to be an uneasy feeling in the camp
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South Africa vs Sri Lanka: Temba Bavuma is leading a South Africa team that has become increasingly susceptible to losing players to T20 leagues
South Africa vs Sri Lanka: In essence, Bavuma has to do more than just plot a World Cup campaign which starts with facing Sri Lanka today
SA vs SL Live: Bavuma's own place in the team has forever been under scrutiny
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