Charged as a heavyweight fight between AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli this match ended up being an uneven challenge, which again uncovered South Africa's glass jaw in thump out matches.

While Kohli drove his group to an eight-wicket triumph with an unbeaten 76 off 101 balls and Thursday's second semi-last at Edgbaston, de Villiers was left conceding his side "unwound" in yet another pivotal match. This was a gathering amusement in name as it were. the champions trophy In actuality it was a quarter-last. The victor would experience, the failure out of the competition.

India will play Bangladesh at Edgbaston on Thursday, sure to be an energetic and rowdy event. Pakistan and Sri Lanka meet today in Cardiff to choose who plays England in a similar city on Wednesday.

South Africa's tag as cricket's chokers hangs vigorously around their necks. In seven World Cups since readmission they have won just a single thump out diversion. In the Champions Trophy their record is a little better because of winning the primary release of the competition in 1998.

From that point forward it has been a recognizable story of disappointment in the urgent amusements and de Villiers positioned this as one of the most noticeably bad thrashings of them all. Made a request to bat first here, they looked awkward from the earliest starting point, maybe attempting to gage what might be a decent score on an utilized pitch. Their batting was conditional while India looked more keen and on their diversion which implied they could underwrite once calamity hit for South Africa with the come up short on de Villiers.