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The message showed that South Africa will defeat hosts Australia in the final for their maiden World Cup title victory.

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NEW DELHI: Followers of cricket had gone crazy over a viral message on WhatsApp these past few days that said the Cricket World Cup currently on in Australia is fixed.ICC World Cup 2015It seemed there was some truth in it when the initial matches all went as per script. But they haven't gone as per script since.The message had predicted that the West Indies would lose to Pakistan on Saturday, but it was the other way around.The message had also predicted that India would lose to South Africa on Sunday, but MS Dhoni and his men went on to break their World Cup jinx against the Proteas with a magnificent 130-run victory.We are allowing the original story below for the fun element involved in it.Here is what the message had predicted:According to the message, India will beat New Zealand in the first quarterfinal, but will go down to Australia in the semifinal.According to the message, India will beat New Zealand in the first quarterfinal, but will go down to Australia in the semifinal.The message stated that the second quarterfinal will be between Australia and Zimbabwe, in which Australia will be the winners, South Africa will beat England in the third quarterfinal and Sri Lanka will register their first World Cup victory against Pakistan by beating the 1992 champions in the fourth quarterfinal.The message showed that South Africa will defeat hosts Australia in the final for their maiden World Cup title victory.But Asian giants India and Sri Lanka won't progress beyond the semifinals as they will be beaten by arguably the two best teams in the competition - Australia and South Africa respectively, the message claimed.The message showed that South Africa will defeat hosts Australia in the final on March 29 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for their maiden World Cup title victory.Now ofcourse it has been proven that much of the relief of the International Cricket Council, the message was a joke and a bad one at that.@TOISportsNews