The first semifinal of the World Cup 2015 between South Africa and New Zealand seems to have proved that unlike one-sided quarterfinals, cricket games can still be nail-biting.  But the Proteas seemed to dominate the Kiwis easily once the livewire AB De Villiers started hitting his shots. Not having a fifth full time bowler for the crucial stages of the game proved expensive as De Villiers’ 60 runs came in just 38 balls.

It was, as the cliche goes, all happening out there: dropped catches, fielding slip-ups, firing batsmen, lack of full time bowlers and, to top it all, even rain.

While it was business as usual for AB De Villiers, arguably the best hitter of the ball in this format to score runs at the speed of light, Twitter did stir up a storm of funny tweets against Kiwis once they saw the writing on the wall, as the favourites New Zealand were struggling hard to contain the ‘chokers’ and, most of all, De Villiers.

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