In World Cups past, the thought of having to take on a high-riding home side in front of one of cricket's most vociferous crowds would have made South Africans wonder what their team had done to deserve such a daunting fate. Not this time.
WORLD CUP 2023
Even India don't scare South Africa now
Rassie van der Dussen scored his second hundred of the World Cup. © AFP
Yes, the opposition will be India at Eden Gardens on Sunday (November 5). Yes, they are unbeaten and bristling with strength and confidence in every area. Yes, they are the most passionately backed team in the game; perhaps in all of sport. No, that doesn't mean South Africa are intimidated, worried, or apprehensive about the looming contest.
"What we've done really well in this campaign is focus on what we want to do and how we want to play it," Rassie van der Dussen said in Pune on Wednesday after South Africa
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