Kanpur: South Africa captain AB de Villiers, on Saturday, refused to give credit to India off-spinner Ravichadran Ashwin for dismissing him twice in the T20I series.

"I can answer that very well... He (Ashwin) is a very good bowler, but I don't think he got me out in either of the games. I got myself out," said De Villiers on the eve of the first ODI of the five-match series, here.

"When you face technical flaws against a bowler, you have to worry about your game. But that was not the case here... I was looking to dominate. In the last game, I got a bit lazy. I played for spin when there was not a lot of it. There is nothing to worry about. But I should also like to add that he is a world-class bowler and needs to be respected," added the South African.

Asked about his team's prospects in the ODI series, De Villiers said it would be challenging to maintain the momentum against the hosts, who were clearly looking to bounce back after the T20I series defeat.

"Yes, it is vital... We have got a great start in what promises to be a very challenging tour for us," he said.

"In the T20I series, I don't think a lot of people expected us to play the way we did. There will be a lot of travelling, different grounds, different wickets," said the South African captain.

When reminded that South Africa are yet to win an ODI series in India, De Villiers said: "We are hoping to win the series. We drew 2-2 way back in 2006. I was part of that series.

"We would love to win this series. We have shown the world that we can beat India in India. We have just got to play very good cricket. The T20I series is in the past. It is a new story now... India will try to bounce back and hopefully we will stop them," he said.

Asked about the plan for Sunday's game, De Villiers said: "The plan is to play a good cricket game... We have covered all our bases. There are no funny game plans."

De Villiers was confident that better bowling attack would see his team through in the ODI series. "We have got a very balanced bowling attack... We don't lean too much on the spinners or the seam bowlers.

"We have got firepower in all the departments of our bowling, you have seen that over the years. We have guys who can swing it, seam it off the wicket, guys who can spin... Off-spinner, leg-spinner... So we have got all bases covered," said De Villiers.