Rob Walter is confident South Africa will regroup following their series whitewash at the hands of Pakistan, as they look ahead to the ICC Champions Trophy.

The Proteas were beaten 3-0 by Pakistan in their recent ODI series, suffering their first home-series whitewash in the format.

That leaves white-ball coach Walter with a record of just two series wins out of six in ODIs.

South Africa will not have another ODI series before heading to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, which features the world's top eight ODI teams and starts on February 19.

Walter, however, has backed his team to come good.

"I know they'll shine through when it comes to these world events, these marquee events. The guys tend to step up. They tend to bring their best cricket," Walter said.

"We've seen that for two World Cups in a row.

Match Result

Pakistan win the 3rd and final ODI by 36 runs (DLS Method).

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— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) December 22, 2024

"The reality is the lead up into the Champions Trophy won't be anything, like the lead up to the World Cup. That's the reality of the way the schedule is stacked up. But at the end of the day, I've just got to trust in the quality of the players.

"Obviously, the switching in codes will potentially pose a little bit of a challenge to us. But again, it's not like the guys have not played 50-over cricket. So I trust that when the time comes, we'll be there."

Heinrich Klaasen was the only South Africa batter to turn in a score of at least 50 across the Pakistan series, hitting a half-century in each match, and Walter wants more from his batting unit.

"As a batting unit, we've spoken about someone taking pride in getting in and getting a big hundred and to be fair, we just haven't been able to convert anything into really substantial knocks or partnerships in this series," he said.

"It's not like we're unaware. Some of it is down to batting error and others down to bowling quality and we also have to acknowledge that."

The Champions Trophy is returning after an eight-year absence, with Pakistan winning the last edition in 2017.