Cricket - ICC T20 World Cup 2024 - Final - India v South Africa - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados - June 29, 2024South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj andDavid Miller look dejected after losing the T20 World Cup final REUTERS/Ash Allen
Keshav Maharaj believes South Africa’s T20 World Cup final defeat to India last week opened new doors for the national team.
South Africans had their harte broken in a close final, as they eventually fell seven runs short of glory.
But after playing in the team’s first ever World Cup final, Maharaj reckons there is more to come.
He says: “The expression [after we lost] showed it all, from the tears, to the dropped heads, but having said that I’m very optimistic about what the future has in store, it does pain to come so close, it does take a lot out of you considering for eight weeks we gave it our everything.
“There is a restored and renewed belief from what we have had before, I think from the positives we take to make the final is the step in the right direction, the hurt will fuel people in the right direction…”