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Jagruti Shah
<h1>South Africa won't choke - AB de Villiers</h1>
South Africa are "not going to choke" in their World Cup quarter-last against Sri Lanka, as indicated by skipper AB de Villiers.
The Proteas have never won a knockout match at the World Cup, yet De Villiers says history will have no bearing in Sydney on Wednesday.
"We can't concentrate on what happened once upon a time," said De Villiers, 31.
"We're simply going to play a decent session of cricket tomorrow and end up a winner. Straightforward."
South Africa won four of their gathering diversions as they met all requirements for the last eight as runners-up to India in Pool B.
South Africa have come to the semi-finals three times in the six World Cups subsequent to their reintegration in 1992 after a 22-year wearing blacklist of the nation amid the politically-sanctioned racial segregation period.
Those semi-finals appearances - in 1992, 1999, and 2007 - were attained to by fitting the bill for the last four through a round-robin gathering configuration.
Past mistakes : ~
1999: Semi-final. South Africa needed one run off the final four balls against Australia at Edgbaston, but number 11 Allan Donald was run out with two balls to spare as the match ended in a tie, and elimination.
2003: Group stage. Shaun Pollock thought his side had beaten Sri Lanka on D/L. They hadn't - they had tied - and South Africa were out.
2007: Semi-final. South Africa were bowled out for 149 as they slipped to a seven-wicket defeat by Australia in St Lucia.
2011: Quarter-final. Chasing a modest 222 to beat New Zealand in Dhaka, South Africa collapsed from 108-2 to 172 all out.