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.
Du Plessis rated the South African side as an "average" team; he said, "You either settle and get through the pressure".
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Credit to them (India) in those first 15-20 overs.
About the game against Bangladesh, he said, "We played in Birmingham, we like that pitch, suits our game".
India will now face Bangladesh in the second semi-final on June 15 while Group A topper England will face the victor of the final Group B fixture between Sri Lanka and Pakistan to be played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on Monday.
Bowlers and fielders helped India restrict the Proteas to 191 all out and in the run chase, Shikhar Dhawan and Kohli's half centuries were the high points.
South Africa included pacer Dwaine Pretorius for the first time in T20Is.
Subsequently, South Africa continued losing wickets in short interval and its last eight wickets were lost for just 51 runs.
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Test players Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy and Kagiso Rabada have all been rested for the Twenty20 series as South Africa try to make sure their key players remain fresh on a lengthy three-month tour of England. "We grabbed the the chances that came our way".
Tight opening bowling from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah put India well on top in the must-win contest for both sides.
Kohli survived an edge towards Amla in the slip cordon as more boundaries followed to bring up the 100 for India, with no further wickets lost.
"I must be very honest with you".
It was a needless mistake indicative of South Africa's malaise and Faf du Plessis was next to perish, for 36, after failing to read Pandya's slower ball.
"We were beaten, not even by a better team; we just played our worst game of cricket in a while". I believe we're the very closest unit.
"Not a lot of people believe me but I feel it is pretty close, it is very hard to say that after a performance like this but that is what I believe in my heart", he added.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli in a post-match press conference praised the bowling department saying the pressure was built by the bowlers that resulted in those breakthroughs that the team got in the field.
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