“This is one of the biggest achievements to get into the semi-finals”

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South Africa spinner Imran Tahir believes that the Proteas can consider their World Twenty20 campaign a success if they reach the semi-finals.

South Africa have yet to win the World Twenty20 and while Tahir made it clear that they will go for the ultimate prize, the 36-year-old is willing to settle for less should it be the case.

“I think I feel good as a South African player that people say that we always get into the semi-finals and lose…this is one of the biggest achievements to get into the semi-finals. Not many teams do that. For me it’s a real achievement,” he said. “We are looking at every game and take it from there. We work hard and we will get the results.”

South Africa have won eight of their last 12 Twenty20 Internationals and Tahir feels that the Proteas will already be accustomed to the conditions in India as they toured the country from October to December last year.

“We have been playing good T20 cricket, we have won eight out of 12 games,” he said. “Hopefully, we are going to do well in the World Cup.

“(The tour) was a big help for us. We played here, so we know the conditions a little bit better. We come here (to India) for the World Cup so we (are) quite lucky the tour went well and we won. So that confidence we will bring into the World Cup.”