“They are definitely my second team. If South Africa don’t win, I want them to win. They are just favourites because they’ve got all-round cricketers. Really, really good team. A great team. There are a lot of match-winners,” said AB de Villiers.
“South Africa understand the conditions well, and they are playing in front of their home crowd. It is 2011 all over again. I can see those candles being lit up at the stadium, everyone waving their cellphones,” he stated.
“Everything is falling into place, except for the fact that sport doesn’t work like that always,” de Villiers continued. “That’s the flip side. There’s the pressure of ‘What if?’. Maybe there is an injury, or maybe we just slip on the wrong day, there are so many things that can happen in sport, and that is the beauty of the game we play.” he added.
“It is not predictable. Even though the odds look really strong on India’s favour, anything can happen on the day. But yes, they are favourites. There are a lot of reasons to think they are going to win the World Cup,” he concluded.