South Africa captain AB de Villiers believes there are a number of potential winners of the upcoming ICC World Twenty20.
De Villiers said on Saturday on the ICC's official website: "There are lots of favourites and lots of really good teams. As we all know, Twenty20 cricket takes one or two overs to turn a game around. I think all the teams stand a really good chance, but I do rate our chances of doing well at this tournament.
"We have worked really hard and we have come in with fresh minds and a lot of hunger to succeed," he added.
South Africa enter the ICC World T20 on the back of a successful tour of England. The Proteas ended with a rain-affected drawn T20I series, which the batsman-wicketkeeper believes provided useful preparation, particularly as there is the potential for the weather to affect some of the games in Sri Lanka.
"The conditions are going to be very different and it has always been on our mind properly for this event. The conditions weren't ideal (in England), except for the last game, which is close to what we are expecting here where the wicket was quite slow and it turned a lot," said De Villiers.
"It was really nice to have the opportunity to adapt under pressure as I think we could find ourselves in a similar situation in Sri Lanka.
"Twenty20 games are very fast-paced and you need to adapt and think on your feet and I think our tour of England had exactly that," De Villiers concluded.
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