With so much at stake, Kohli says his players should relish the chance to show their best form in front of the watching world. Our bowlers bowled really well and the fielders backed it up as well.
The capitulation meant South Africa were all out for 191 and India, who had bowled professionally and disciplined, were guided home by impressive knocks from Shikhar Dhawan (78) and captain Virat Kohli (76 not out) as they advanced into the last four.
AB de Villiers was run out despite a desperate dive, India v South Africa, Champions Trophy 2017, Group B, The Oval, London, June 11, 2017-AFP.
But, while Kohli believes India will thrive under pressure, the batsman doesn't want his players to get carried away trying to be the hero of the moment. They then lost the wickets of A B de Villiers and David Miller through run-outs, the former a poor call and the latter through a comedy of errors.
India find themselves in danger of missing out on the semi-finals after suffering a seven wicket defeat against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
"I thought India bowled well in the first 10 overs, there was an opportunity there for us to maybe put them under pressure which we didn't do".
About the game against Bangladesh, he said, "We played in Birmingham, we like that pitch, suits our game".
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"Those five overs, in a game like today, that is very, very big", Du Plessis said. "But there will be no looking back as there is always room for improvement".
"The team catches on to such vibes and that's what separates a winning team from the rest, " he said. But we do come up short for some reason in tournaments like this.
De Villiers, the world's top-ranked one-day batsman who scored only 20 runs in three innings in the tournament, is focused on the 2019 World Cup.
Kohli felt the self-inflicted dismissals of De Villiers and Miller - with Imran Tahir also run out to conclude the innings - contributed heavily to India's crushing win.
Whichever team wins will advance into the semi-finals of an event featuring the world's top eight one-day worldwide teams, with the losers eliminated from the "mini World Cup". Very disappointing. That's not the way we usually bat. "If you are playing a world-class team, definitely, you play more positive cricket, so we will do so against England", he added. It's very sad obviously.
Unlike the form team of this tournament, England, who have adopted an nearly cavalier adventurous brand of cricket, South Africa climbed into their shells when it mattered most. The unsafe partnership of Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock struggled to get the ball away as they maintained a run rate below four throughout their lacklustre partnership.
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