Kyle Smith

South Africa's entry into the T20 World Cup 2024 final wiped off years of heartache and the trauma of being labelled under-performers despite having some of international cricket's biggest names in the line-up.

Graeme Smith and Dale Steyn are all too familiar with the heartbreak of being a South African at ICC events.

Here is a list of five such big names that may go unsold at the IPL 2024 Auction.

Aaron Finch dropped to four in the batting order and found some confidence-boosting form Wednesday, hitting 58 to steer Australia to a three-wicket win over the West Indies in the opening T20I at the Carrara Oval in Queensland

T20 World Cup: Australia beat South Africa by 5 wickets in the first match of the Super 12 stage at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

T20 World Cup 2021: Aiden Markram took a brilliant catch to dismiss Steve Smith during South Africa's Super 12 match against Australia on Saturday.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson reclaims the top spot in the ICC Test batsman ranking with 901 points, while Steven Smith is at second position with 891 points.

Indian Premier League 2021: The Australian, South African, English and New Zealand cricket authorities rushed to evacuate their star players from Covid-hit India after the IPL was abandoned on May 4.

Indian cricketers Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni won the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Decade and the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade respectively.

South African Aiden Markram roared into the top-ten batting list on basis of his fine season.

In the commentary box, Graeme Smith almost fell off his chair with amazement. Needless to say, Twitter was in hysterics.

Markram was the star on a day when players and spectators alike seemed to have tried to move on from the controversy.

Besides topping the bowling charts, Ravichandran Ashwin also continued to top the list of all-rounders with no change among the top five in the list as Jadeja retained his third spot

South Africa bowled out Australia for 161 before lunch on the fourth day, taking their last eight wickets for 32 in 116 balls after routing the hosts for 85 in the first innings

David Warner, who was seeking redemption after his reckless dismissal in the opening over of the first innings in the second Test, lost his wicket while at the forefront of Australia's fightback against South Africa

South Africa's entry into the T20 World Cup 2024 final wiped off years of heartache and the trauma of being labelled under-performers despite having some of international cricket's biggest names in the line-up.

Graeme Smith and Dale Steyn are all too familiar with the heartbreak of being a South African at ICC events.

Here is a list of five such big names that may go unsold at the IPL 2024 Auction.

Aaron Finch dropped to four in the batting order and found some confidence-boosting form Wednesday, hitting 58 to steer Australia to a three-wicket win over the West Indies in the opening T20I at the Carrara Oval in Queensland

T20 World Cup: Australia beat South Africa by 5 wickets in the first match of the Super 12 stage at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

T20 World Cup 2021: Aiden Markram took a brilliant catch to dismiss Steve Smith during South Africa's Super 12 match against Australia on Saturday.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson reclaims the top spot in the ICC Test batsman ranking with 901 points, while Steven Smith is at second position with 891 points.

Indian Premier League 2021: The Australian, South African, English and New Zealand cricket authorities rushed to evacuate their star players from Covid-hit India after the IPL was abandoned on May 4.

Indian cricketers Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni won the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Decade and the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade respectively.

South African Aiden Markram roared into the top-ten batting list on basis of his fine season.

In the commentary box, Graeme Smith almost fell off his chair with amazement. Needless to say, Twitter was in hysterics.

Markram was the star on a day when players and spectators alike seemed to have tried to move on from the controversy.

Besides topping the bowling charts, Ravichandran Ashwin also continued to top the list of all-rounders with no change among the top five in the list as Jadeja retained his third spot

South Africa bowled out Australia for 161 before lunch on the fourth day, taking their last eight wickets for 32 in 116 balls after routing the hosts for 85 in the first innings

David Warner, who was seeking redemption after his reckless dismissal in the opening over of the first innings in the second Test, lost his wicket while at the forefront of Australia's fightback against South Africa