de Villiers keen to show who's No. 1

Star batsman AB de Villiers expressed his confidence on Monday that South Africa can rectify the problems which led to their defeat against Pakistan in the first Test last week.

Speaking ahead of the second Test starting here on Wednesday, the 29-year-old admitted South Africa were disappointed to lose by seven wickets in Abu Dhabi.

"The mood is good, we've moved on from the disappointing performance, obviously we were hurt quite a bit after the Test, we haven't played cricket like that in a long time and we were very, very disappointed," de Villiers said after team practice on Monday.

"We're finding ways to fix it and that's the most important thing. We've looked at a few areas where we went wrong and we're going to try and get it right," said de Villiers.

"It's a must-win game for us and we're going in there with that attitude to win that game, we're still the number one team in the world and we are going to play like it."