Give us more chances, says Afghan coach

"Against India there was all sorts of pressure on them, there was television, there were the big stars, there was the crowd and they coped with it very well," coach Kabir Khan told reporters.

"To restrict a batting line-up like South Africa to 139 is a big achievement so there are all sorts of pluses for them."

"The key is they need to be exposed to that pressure again and again and then they'll get used to it.  "We were talking about practising for the pace bowlers and on a bowling machine you can put it to 90mph (145kph) but you can't have Dale Steyn bowling at you and swinging the ball," he said.