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.
India head coach Gautam Gambhir hailed the match-winning innings of Sanju Samson that helped the co-hosts beat West Indies and secure a place in the T20 World Cup semifinal.
Aiden Markram has been one of the standout performers of the 2026 T20 World Cup, and former Proteas captain Faf du Plessis believes his transformation as an opener began during his time in the Indian Premier League.
Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza says his team will take valuable lessons from a successful T20 World Cup campaign in Sri Lanka and India.
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.
West Indies captain Shai Hope has accepted responsibility after his team were knocked out of the T20 World Cup after going down to co-hosts India at Eden Gardens on Sunday.