Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis made a big disclosure on Tuesday. He told that after being out of the 2011 World Cup, he and his wife were threatened with death. Told him that, this threat was received after the loss in the quarterfinal against New Zealand. During the match, AB de Villiers was run out due to a misunderstanding, after which Faf was accused of deliberately getting de Villiers run out. In this match played at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur, South Africa were defeated by 49 runs, after which the team was knocked out of the tournament.
Chasing New Zealand's target of 222 runs, Graeme Smith's team was reduced to 172 runs in 40 overs. Du Plessis contributed 36 runs in 43 balls in this match. Du Plessis told in an interview, "After the match I received death threats. My wife was also threatened. We were scared but we were sure we were not wrong. When you represent the country, The responsibility falls on you to return home after winning the team but we could not do that. We were also heavily criticized for not winning the tournament.
