New Zealand captain Mitch Santner has admitted the Proteas are a massive threat to their hopes of reaching the ICC T20 World Cup final, but remains optimistic ahead of Wednesday's semifinal.
Proteas coach Shukri Conrad is happy for his team to embrace the favourites tag as they head into Wednesday's T20 World Cup semifinal against New Zealand in Kolkata.
Proteas coach Shukri Conrad has pointed to the Afghanistan match as their most difficult of the ICC T20 World Cup so far, admitting things could have gone very differently had that result not gone their way.
The Proteas will move into the semi-finals of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup with their unbeaten record intact after a hard-fought five-wicket win over Zimbabwe on Sunday.
The Proteas could possibly field a much changed line-up when they take on Zimbabwe in their final Super 8s match at the ICC T20 World Cup, according to batting coach Ashwell Prince.
The Proteas will look to keep up their "discipline and intensity" in the final T20 World Cup Super 8s clash against Zimbabwe in Delhi on Sunday, batting coach Ashwell Prince has said.