(MENAFN- Kora) Du plessis' 58 off 41 deliveries had appeared to put south africa in a decent position in mirpur as they set india 173 to win on friday.but kohli's remarkable 72 off 44 balls which included five fours and two sixes led india to a six-wicket win with five deliveries to spare.
Du plessis said his team knew kohli would be the major threat but admitted the 25-year-old simply outclassed his side.
"he was fantastic" du plessis said.
"we all know how good virat is and he was the real danger. he paced his innings well and played some good shots. he was too good for us."
Star paceman dale steyn never got going for south africa with his figures of 0-36 off 3.1 overs proving costly.
Du plessis defended the speedster and said it was unrealistic to expect the 30-year-old to be a match-winner every game.
"dale is also human. it's hard to expect that he would win us matches everyday" he said.
"he did not bowl badly today but the indian batsmen were up to the task."
Giving away nine extras-all wides-also annoyed du plessis who lamented his team's ill discipline.
"we did not do the small things correctly which put us on the back foot. we bowled nine extra deliveries" he said.
"it's not only about the extra deliveries we bowled but also about the amount of runs scored from those deliveries. we were a little bit indisciplined today."
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