The Indian bowlers completely dominated the South African batsmen to register a memorable win for India. It was the latest setback for South Africa in ICC tournaments as the Proteas have won only one knockout match in big events since 2000.
"In 2015, I sat afterwards and I was extremely disappointed. We are asking everyone to do it and everyone is responding really well", he said. "We didn't pitch up as a team". For South Africa it evoked the memories of their '99, 2011 WC campaign, when they had choked under pressure. "These are the players".
A quick recap of that virtual quarter-final at The Oval does no harm where India knocked down South Africa by 8 wickets which could be done only with an all-round effort.
Du Plessis said after the game: "I take full responsibility for AB's run-out". I can certainly tell you he has led the team really well, he has done everything.
Before becoming the captain of the cricket team, Virat Kohli had said that it won't be an easy task for him to replace Dhoni.
"I ran AB out and it was important for me to be there still towards the end to get to some sort of total we can defend. Every guy in his role in the team must take responsibility for not fulfilling his job today".
India captain Virat Kohli praised his bowling attack as they demolished the South Africa batting line-up to seal a spot in the Champions Trophy semi-final.
"Right through the tournament, we weren't the team that we should be with the kind of players that we have". I don't think it feels far away.
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Like Sri Lanka, Pakistan recovered from a discouraging defeat in their first match to then triumph over an out-of-sorts South Africa in Birmingham four days ago.
But now, in the words of Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews, the final round of fixtures in this pool are a "must-win game for all of us in the group".
"Try and get the partnership going - settle the partnership". Just like last Sunday, this was a 10-on-10 performance. The answer lies in there. Quinny [de Kock] is an opener, he gets hundreds for a living and all of us are to blame.
Imran Tahir‚ the old man of the side at 38‚ was a sprightly 19 and had played only 47 of the 743 games of cricket of all shades that he has graced since he was a teenager. "The answers lie in us not doing our jobs consistently".
Sent into bat by Kohli, South Africa were bowled out for 191 in 44.3 overs. That needs to change if it is to win anything major in the future. The No.1 ranked ODI batsman, de Villiers, scored just 20 runs in the tournament and the top-rated bowler, Kagiso Rabada, took only one wicket. They equalled their longest winning streak in that time.
Minutes later, du Plessis inside-edged a slower ball from Pandya that he did not read at all. You have to sometimes say things that hurt.
De Villiers' critics say Du Plessis, who led the ODI side to whitewash series wins over Australia and Sri Lanka over previous year while AB was injured, should have been named as the permanent leader.
As a result, South Africa were undercooked and it cost them dearly. "In this competition we were rusty and cold and inconsistent and that's not the team that's been playing through the year", du Plessis said.
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