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Big Apple awaits Proteas’ new T20 World Cup challenge as questions over form, history linger | Sport

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Big Apple awaits Proteas’ new T20 World Cup challenge as questions over form, history linger | Sport

Proteas’ T20 World Cup captain Aiden Markram has a lot to shoulder to get the team to a better finish.(Isuru Sameera Peiris/Gallo Images)

No Cricket World Cup starts with South Africa not being asked about their famed inability to cope with pressure at the sticky end of the tournament.

And there isn’t a tournament that’s brought the worst out of the Proteas quite like the T20 World Cup.

They meet Sri Lanka in their Group D clash at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on Monday (16:30 SA time) in not only bad form, but the weight of expectation that circles every global showpiece.

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