Markram: Defeat ' gut- wrenching' and ' fine for it to sting'

The South Africa commander stated that the team may look back on the game with pride, but there was "hurt" right away.

South Africa's near-miss in the T20 World Cup final, according to Aiden Markram, will "fire us up" for upcoming competitions, but he acknowledged that their inability to win their first major name after needing 30 goes from the last five innings was "gut-w heartbreaking" and "pretty hard to deal with."

South Africa won their first men's World Cup final in either white-ball style after the 15th over of their wickets, which Axar Patel had to accept 22. But India's bowlers conceded a second boundary- via Kagiso Rabada's inside edge- in the last 30 balls to take off a seven- run win and leave South Africa to concentrate on what might have been.

Asked to put his emotions into words, Markram said:" I do n't think I can say them yet, to be honest. It's difficult. This group of individuals is fantastic. In my opinion, they deserve really great things to get their approach.

Before we arrived, I had a really positive impression of this opposition, and as the contest progressed, that impression grew even more powerful. It's very difficult to deal with nowadays, but it's activity at the end of the day: one's going to win, someone's going to lose. And we'll attempt to use it to flame us up for future occasions."

The only younger people chosen for the last are Tristan Stubbs and Marco Jansen, who are the main players in South Africa's team's age group, 28 to 34. By the time the second T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka is over in early 2026, some of them may have advanced, with Quinton de Kock's retirement looming, but Markram thinks the rest did use their demise to spur them on.

" It's a great group of guys that's been together for quite a long time then, "he said". To get to our first final, like I mentioned a few days ago, it's something we can be proud of]but ] still, in our eyes, not good enough. You're no happy with finishing your last exam; it'll take some time for us to reflect on all the accomplishments we've made, but it's going to hurt for the time being.

Markram said he was" happy" of how his team performed throughout the contest, winning eight game out of eight to reach the final:" In perspective, items will also feel really good about this contest. Only for the time being, it stings a little, but it's great for it to bite. It gives you that little bit of fireplace in the stomach for the next day that you're around."

He also said that by reaching their first final, South Africa have become" one step closer" and that when they finally win one, there will be" a snowball effect of quite a few to come … It's tournament cricket, it's tough cricket. You have to take your hat off to an Indian team for winning the medal because it's not easy to do so. It requires a lot of effort.

" It's only body- heartbreaking. That's really what it is. Each person has been on a diverse inpidual journey to get to this second last. In the end, you become extremely close as a group and need positive things to happen for them because they are wonderful individuals.

" When you get really near like that, particularly the nature of how the game went, certainly adds to the feelings. It's one of those things but, we may stream it moving ahead. I believe that you let go of it for a few days, allow yourself to think what you want, and then begin to reflect in a beneficial way.

With five innings left, Markram even praised Heinrich Klaasen for his 52 runs off 27 balloons, which helped South Africa become a force in their position of strength. It was exclusive," Markram said". We've seen him do it some, many days around the world.

" To give it on a phase like this is a truly unique work. Although it will be difficult for him, there will be many things to enjoy when we reflect back, and I'm certain that blow would have made it very difficult to put on a functionality like that.