Earlier, on Sunday India ruthlessly trampled South Africa to earn a berth into the semi-finals of the tournament.
"In 2015, I sat afterwards and I was extremely disappointed". And I believed the same thing in this tournament and the last one.
Kohli's side had to win their final Group B fixture at The Oval to avoid an embarrassing exit and they rose to the challenge with a ruthless display. I just feel extremely disappointed with the way we played.
In the 2013 Champions Trophy, following their elimination, coach Gary Kirsten said a "Dark mist hangs over South Africa cricket". "These are the players".
In the India match, Faf du Plessis ran out AB de Villiers for 16 and David Miller for 1.
"It's so hard to put all this pressure on AB and nearly blame him".
Smith also emphasised on the mindset and approach a team needs to have before heading to a crunch match.
Kohli remained in total control, however, and Yuvraj Singh hoisted JP Duminy over mid-wicket for a huge six to complete the most comfortable of wins for his team.
"Maybe because of how much limited-overs cricket we play, I think the players are getting more experienced in hard situations", he said.
"There's nothing that he did wrong today. We just came unstuck against a better team".
"Every guy in the team must take responsibility for not fulfilling his job today".
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The way he bowled against the likes of Amla, de Kock, de Villiers and du Plessis was simply a treat to watch.
About the game against Bangladesh, he said, "We played in Birmingham, we like that pitch, suits our game".
It was Pakistan's attack, a well-balanced mix of spin and speed, that put it in a position to beat South Africa and skipper Sarfraz Ahmed will look to his bowlers to repeat that performance against Sri Lanka. "We know this is a game we all want to win and want to go through to the semis". The answer lies in there.
"It is always very disappointing when we lose but the way we lost was the most disappointing", de Villiers said. If I use an example, [from] the top five in the a year ago and half, there have been a lot of hundreds. Needing nine off the last over, Lance Klusener smashed Australian pacer Damien Fleming for two boundaries to level the scores. It's as simple as that.
"We've been doing everything we should have".
Sent in to bat, South Africa's innings was built slowly by openers Quinton de Kock (53) and Hashim Amla (35), and unravelled with consecutive run outs.
The Indian bowlers completely dominated the South African batsmen to register a memorable win for India.
Both captains preached calm would be crucial, and it was South Africa who failed to show it in near-perfect conditions in south London. They equalled their longest winning streak in that time. Though du Plessis did not want to use the time off as an excuse, he recognised that it changed the momentum. "And then we just unraveled". AB de Villiers looked good in his short stay at the crease but an unfortunate run out cost his wicket. From 140-2 in the 29th over, South Africa went an ugly 51-8 the rest of the way.
"We wanted to‚ when there was an opportunity in the game‚ transfer pressure back onto the opposition".
"We were ready as a team".
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