South African Captain AB de Villiers put forward a bold statement on the eve of the semi-final in Auckland, stating with utmost confidence that ‘World Cup is ours.’

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The SA captain also addressed the tragic legacy of the ‘Chokers’ and that he has come to peace with it and is not going to let it affect their performance.

“There has been a lot of emphasis on our past and South Africa not doing well at World Cups.”

In a pre-match press conference before the semi-final, the Protean captain commented, “I’ve gone through the whole package of feeling emotional about it, fighting against it, then accepting it, then fighting again.”

“Honestly, I’m not putting emphasis on that at this World Cup at all. I’m the guy who’s got to answer those questions, and I don’t mind doing that, but I know the squad is in a really good space.”

With their recent loss against Pakistan still fresh in his memories, de Villiers said that he was definitely disappointed with the loss but the team learned some valuable intelligence form the match, including different angles of the field.

“Maybe it’s not a bad thing to know those little things going into a semi-final and how to go about it, not to panic when you lose a couple of wickets early.”

It should be taken into account that New Zealand has won the past 3 World Cup meetings against the Protean team. Their last meeting in 2011 was in the quarter finals where the Proteas were eliminated with a 49-run victory in Dhaka for New Zealand.

Neither team has ever won a semi-final.