The local men’s cricket team will be humbled by the millions of injuries they received by reaching the knockout stage of the T20 World Cup.
The Proteas were knocked out by New Zealand in the semi-finals of the tournament in India and Sri Lanka after going through the two group stages undefeated.
By reaching this stage, the local team will receive a little more than 1 million USD (approximately R16.5-million).
New Zealand will benefit from 1.4 million USD (R23.3 million) by entering the finals, while the champions India will receive 2.6 million USD (R43.million).
Meanwhile, the governing body of cricket in the world, the International Cricket Council (ICC), has confirmed that the Proteas players who were stranded in India and their families have finally left.
According to a statement issued by the ICC yesterday, the Proteas, who last played on March 4 against New Zealand and the West Indies, who exited the World Cup on March 1, have finally found flights to bring them home.
The problems were caused by the ongoing war between Iran, Israel and the United States, which led to the disruption of the operation of airports in countries in Asia and the Middle East.
“In the past few hours, the remaining 29 members of the South African team and the last 16 from the West Indies have left on planes that take them back to their countries. This means that the difficult task of returning all the teams to their countries has been completed under critical conditions that affect the whole world,” reads the ICC statement.
The Proteas’ players, Quinton de Kock and David Miller, posted texts on their social media pages accusing the ICC of choosing to end the match since the England team, who played in the final on March 5, got the first flight home.