'So, WC is coming home' - Fans relate India's defeat against South Africa to the World Cup win of 2011

Rohit Sharma-led Indian team locked horns against South Africa in the 30^th match of the ongoing 20-20 World Cup 2022. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first on the bouncy turf of the Perth Stadium. Batting first, the Indians could manage to score only 133 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

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While chasing the target, South Africans comfortably in 19.4 overs to win the register their second win in the tournament and reach the top of the table. Although, Indian fans went quite humorous after their team’s defeat as they happened to relate this loss to the Indian team’s campaign during the 2011 ODI World Cup 11 years back.

Here’s how fans reacted to the defeat of Indian team in a must-win encounter of the super-12 round of the tournament:

In 2011, India lost to South Africa
In 2022,India lost to South Africa again

So,WC is coming home 🏆#INDvsSA #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/5Ee4u5JObg

— Muttu ms (@muttu1745) October 30, 2022

Match summary #CricketTwitter #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/htJdk0UCFI

— Professor ngl राजा बाबू 🥳🌈 (@GaurangBhardwa1) October 30, 2022

Thank You Indian team you try your best to Save Pakistan but not our time now 🥺 #INDvsSA Ind vs SA so india Suriyakumar yadav pic.twitter.com/XG6jMaW3kJ

— Awais Fareed🇵🇰 (@AwaisFareed91) October 30, 2022

Thank god India is in group 2
SA is the only team stronger than india in the group..
Offcourse we lost..
What if Newzealand, england, australia are in our group
2021 repeat ayyede emo🙄#INDvsSA

— Vinay Reddy (@Vinayreddys22) October 30, 2022

Good thing we are out of this WC #IndVsSa

— Hamza Mohammad Khan (@h3a3mza) October 30, 2022

Ashwin after giving 43 runs against South Africa.😉#INDvsSA #T20worldcup22 #T20WorldCup #Ashwin pic.twitter.com/WPaaRxa6kS

— इनसेन 👊🏻 (@t4_twitt) October 30, 2022

Suna hai aaj padosi bhi support kar rahe the.
Bhai, Tum Na kiya karo. #panauti #INDvsSA #T20WorldCup

— Asmita Singh Sengar (@SengarAsmita) October 30, 2022

Arey arey... Bahut bura hua!!!!#INDvsSA #T20worldcup22 pic.twitter.com/ON9wwKBCe2

— WTeeF.in - custom printed tshirt (@Wteefya) October 30, 2022

I can clearly say this was the worst performance by India in all fronts batting bowling fielding was this on purpose ?#ViratKohli𓃵 Itna Easy Catch Drop Karke Hass Raha Hai Tabhi Doubt Ho Gaya Tha

Did India Deliberately Loose Today's Match ? #INDvSA #INDvsSA #T20WorldCup

— Sanatan ॐ Sangh (@SanatanSangha) October 30, 2022

Pakistan right now 😂😂😂 #INDvsSA #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/Ej7m5hwBTB

— Rai SaaB  (@RaiSaab070) October 30, 2022

#DeepakHooda gets "World Cup" chance just to score "thullu" 😡😡. And panauti @klrahul who is doing most third class batting in crucial @cricketworldcup. Jaake ke chullu bhar pani pe doob ke marja. Panauti. 😡😡. #INDvsSA @ImRo45 @imVkohli pls do fielding like match winners.😡

— Kiran K Tamang (@kirankrtamang) October 30, 2022

Speaking of the match, Suryakumar Yadav was the only batter for India who played a struggled and well-fought knock of 68 runs off just 40 balls with six boundaries and four maximums to his name. Other than him, none of the Indian batters could cross the mark of 20 runs. Lungi Ngidi, who replaced Tabraiz Shamsi in the playing XI against India, impressed everyone with his stunning bowling performance with four wickets by conceding 29 runs in his quota of four overs.

While chasing the target, the Proteas easily touched the finishing line after a bit of struggle in the beginning. David Miller and Aiden Markram’s knocks of 59 and 52 runs helped their team to chase down the target in 19.4 overs to win the match by five wickets.

It is also the first loss for the Indian team in the tournament following their two successive win in against Pakistan and Netherlands respectively.