India chased down the target in 38 overs with eight wickets to spare and entered the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy for the fifth time.
I have a feeling that we will have an absorbing clash on Monday with both low-ranked teams giving it their all to seal a berth for the semi-finals, which will go a long way in improving their rankings, with the 30 September cut-off for ICC World Cup 2019 direct qualification. The fielding was fantastic and everyone was behind the bowlers. We never got going, very sad obviously.
AB DE Villiers says he is the man to lead South Africa to a World Cup win despite another humiliating exit from a global one-day tournament.
They jacked up the run rate in subsequent overs as the Indian bowlers struggled to get going. The way we lost was the most disappointing part ... we were in a really good position with the bat in hand early on.
I feel Pakistan should stick to its strengths and play with the same positive approach it displayed against South Africa, writes the former captain. It's just that those little things are something that needs a push every now and then and we embrace it as a team now.
This win took India's points tally to four points, while South Africa, with only two points from three matches, were eliminated.
The Proteas lived up to their "perennial chokers" tag with another embarrassing batting collapse after openers Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock put on 76 runs. The world's number one team lost the last eight wickets for 51 runs after being comfortably placed at 116 for one at one stage.
But it wasn't enough, again, and South Africa crashed out in the first round on Sunday at The Oval, sent home by India for a third time in tournament history.
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Just five balls later, du Plessis was involved in another run-out as both he and David Miller saw a breakdown in communication result in both players running to the same end.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/22 in 7.3 overs) was on a hat-trick as he not only polished off the tail, but also maintained a brilliant channel outside the off-stump, making life hard for the top-order batsmen. Later Yuvraj too chipped in with 23 runs and concluded the proceedings with a maximum take make India win the match by 8 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets each and bowled at an economy of merely over 3.
South Africa have a settled line-up and are expected to go in unchanged.
Moving across his stumps, Amla converted a good delivery into a scoring option, sending the ball sailing over square-leg.
Star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin got the break-through for India when Amla mistimed a cut and Mahendra Singh Dhoni displayed lighting quick reflexes to glove the top edge. With du Plessis reaching the crease before Miller, the latter was given out.
De Kock tried to sweep a straight ball only to be caught plumb in-front of the wicket by Jadeja.
Asked whether a radical shake up is needed, De Villiers said, "That's a question can only be answered by people who are in control of making radical decisions".
South Africa coach Russell Domingo admitted the pressure on the side would continue to grow.
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