5 areas where Russell Domingo failed as South Africa coach

#2 Failed to improve South Africa’s knockout record in ICC events

South Africa couldn't break their knockout jinx even under Domingo

Everyone knows that South Africa carry the ‘C’ (Chokers) tag in every ICC tournament they play. They just don’t seem to figure out the way to win a knockout game.

Under Domingo, South Africa reached the semifinals of the 2013 Champions Trophy, 2014 T20 World Cup and 2015 50-over World Cup, but couldn’t break the semi-final hoodoo. Domingo failed to inspire them to any multi-team tournament silverware as well.

South Africa hoped that Kirsten, after his success with India, could bring about change in South Africa’s knockout fortunes. However, even he failed to inspire anything, which led to all the hopes being pinned on Domingo, who was rated very highly. And it even looked like they would break the jinx in 2015 at the World Cup, but once again the Proteas couldn’t handle things properly when the match came down to the wire.

When it looked like they had the team to lift the Champions Trophy this year and end the trophy drought, they again failed to live up to the expectations as they lost to India in a must-win game. Domingo didn’t seem to have any answers as to why South Africa couldn't break the knockout jinx.