The Proteas have won only one global one-day title, the inaugural Champions Trophy in 1998, and the world's top-ranked team crumbled under pressure at The Oval in a straight shootout for a semi-final place.
"It's disappointing, but credit to them", he added. "You have to be honest". I can take us to win a World Cup, I believe.
"See, I don't know the figures".
"It's just the way we played in this tournament".
"You can't do the same mistakes over and over again". "Our approach was far more conservative, and if you're going to play that way, you can't afford the calamities that unfolded in terms of the two mid-innings run outs". We are asking everyone to do it and everyone is responding really well. To bowl in tough conditions gives you a lot of confidence. "Today was a team performance".
Sri Lanka and Pakistan will meet in Wales on Monday for the final match of the group stages, with the fourth semi-final ticket on the line. On a good batting surface at the Oval, South Africans failed to find the balance between caution and aggression often displaying moments of brain fade. We played in Birmingham, we like that pitch, it suits our game. I can certainly tell you he has led the team really well, he has done everything.
AB de Villiers will captain South Africa in their three-match Twenty20 series against England, team officials announced on Tuesday.
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De Villiers, who was criticised for his captaincy as he led the one-day global side to a first-round exit in the ongoing Champions Trophy, has ruled himself out of the test matches.
Du Plessis took responsibility for the first run out, the one which sent AB de Villiers back to the pavilion, saying that his call for a run with de Villiers was not wise.
And to just make it more awkward, the batting dynamo has been grabbing much of the attention ... for the wrong reasons.
Chasing 192 runs to win, after a good bowling performance from India, it was Shikhar's innings of 78, which comprised 12 fours and one six, which did the trick for India.
South Africa captain AB de Villiers, on the other hand, said that although they too would have opted to bowl first, they are looking forward to post a good total on the scoreboard.
"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".
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