South Africa do not need 'mental conditioning' expert, says coach Russell Domingo

South African coach Russell Domingo has ruled out the need for a 'mental conditioning coach' for the team in the upcoming World Cup, which gets underway from February 14 in Australia and New Zealand.

Speaking at the team's official send-off in Johannesburg, Domingo said that they were not taking a mental conditioning coach, adding that he had tried to approach the World Cup in the same way as any other series, Sport24 reported.

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Asserting that his team is 'mentally strong enough' to go into the World Cup, Domingo raised a question that why create the anxiety when they had been playing so well without it. Domingo further said that he feels the team was in 'as good a space mentally as they had ever been', adding that they had won games in high-pressure situations under different conditions at different venues, the report added.

Following a disastrous tour of Australia, where South Africa lost the five-match ODI series 4-1 to the hosts, AB de Villiers' team beat the West Indies at home ahead of the World Cup.