"I don't know how many maiden overs or dot balls, but something that we spoke about, we executed that, and that always feels good as a team", Kohli said at the post-match press conference.
If that run-out was unlucky, the next - which saw Miller depart for just one as both he and Faf du Plessis ended up at the same end following a lack of communication between the pair - was farcical.
However, things didn't go as planned for India after Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock got them off to a slow but steady start by scoring 76 in 18 overs. And I believed the same thing in this tournament and the last one.
Du Plessis will return to the United Kingdom for the ensuing four-Test series against England in a straight swap back with de Villiers, who's on a self-imposed break from the longest format.
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South Africa's second successive defeat condemned them to a limp exit as they fell well short of winning the tournament for the first time since 1998. "It was a complete performance in the field - we grabbed the chances that came our way", captain Kohli said at the presentation ceremony. Even if that final happens, it will be an apt finale as both the teams have played good cricket consistently in the tournament in all the three aspects, batting, bowling and fielding. "Dave (David Miller) ran himself out and India just didn't give us anything". "We were really in a good position there with the batting end early on, and through soft dismissals we lost our way and that was the part for me that hurt the most", he said. "With all the players that we have and the cricket we've been playing, this tournament we haven't had a game where everything has clicked together, so we don't deserve to be in the semifinal". South Africa were given an early hope by Rohit Sharma, who made a decision to let go of his defensive ways early in the innings and attacked a shortish delivery bowled by Morne Morkel, only to edge it straight to Quinton de Kock's gloves in the sixth over.
The 36-year-old spinner felt that it was a game in which the desire to win mattered a lot, and South Africa "simply did not turn up". "This is probably our best game so far", Kohli said.
"I'm not thinking about the next one now", he added. "It's very hard to say that after a performance like this, but that's what I believe in my heart". And today, while India fights it out with South Africa, another couple like duo stormed the Internet as the guy was looking at the woman as if he just wants a slice of the lady's pizza, the picture went viral on Social Media.
"The situation in front of us is very clear - we have to win the game, everything else is just irrelevant", he said.
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