Cricket fans mock South Africa for 'choking' AGAIN at the World Cup after Australia made blistering start to semi-final in India

Australia made a blistering start to their Cricket World Cup semi-final on Thursday, with it appearing to be a case of same old story for South Africa.

The Proteas, who have developed a reputation for being the bridesmaids of white ball cricket, won the toss and chose to bat first in Delhi.

But that decision looked a wretched one after 12 overs with the South Africans reduced to 24-4 following exceptional bowling from Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.

And cricket fans were quick to rub salt in the wounds of the unfortunate South Africans, taking to X - the social media platform formerly known as Twitter - to mock the Proteas.

'Crafting a better love story than South Africa's cricket team choking in ICC knockouts seems like a tough task,' one fan said. 

Another posted: 'South Africa and Australia live up to their respective names. SA choking as always while Australia cruising through.' 

'I don't even think it's about choking at this point,' a third fan claimed. 'South Africa are just cursed, voodoo dools and all.' 

More to follow.