New Delhi, June 6 -- Former dynamic star AB de Villiers is "confident" about South Africa staging an "upset" against the defending champions Australia in the World Test Championship final, scheduled to take place at the iconic Lord's on Wednesday.

South Africa has breached the knockout stages of ICC events several times but couldn't get the job done once. Last year, the Proteas stood just inches from the T20 World Cup trophy, but a spirited bowling display from India left them bamboozled in Barbados and forced them to return empty-handed.

With a glimmer of hope to end its trophy drought, South Africa will square off against a "well-oiled" Australia for the WTC mace. While the Baggy Greens emerge as on-paper "favourites", de Villiers is ...