
What we've learned
Five talking points from the Test series against India, which South Africa lost 3-0.
Five talking points from the Test series against India, which South Africa lost 3-0.
While still No 1, South Africa have dropped 16 ranking points after losing the Test series against India 3-0.
All the statistics following the four-Test series between India and South Africa, won 3-0 by the hosts.
South Africa will start their defence of the u19 Cricket World Cup on 27 January 2016 against hosts Bangladesh in Chittagong.
Hashim Amla has defended South Africa’s batting approach in the second innings after they failed to bat out five sessions in trying to draw the fourth Test against India.
The lure of Jacques Kallis is undiminished, despite his absence from the mainstream game. He was designated an ‘Icon’ in the Masters Champions League T20 auction and sold for $175,000.
South Africa needed to show the same application they did in the final Test against India earlier in the series.
In the wake of a 337-run defeat to India in the fourth and final Test in Delhi on Monday, there was sympathy on Twitter for how South Africa battled hard for what would have been a memorable draw.
In the end, it was a session too far for South Africa as India won the fourth Test by 337 runs to take the series 3-0 in Delhi on Monday.
When the Warriors collapsed in an untidy heap against the Highveld Lions, the Ram Slam play-off line-up was settled: the Cobras will travel to Durban to face the Dolphins on Wednesday.
Temba Bavuma believes the batsmen have the resolve and temperament to save the fourth Test against India on Monday.
South Africa must focus on their game plans, instead of on saving the Test, when they resume batting on day five.
Three sessions, or roughly 90 overs, stand between South Africa and an unlikely draw in the fourth Test against India in New Delhi.
Kyle Abbott’s change of mind set towards the subcontinent conditions has been the secret behind his success during the fourth Test against India in Delhi.
The longer India bat, the better chance South Africa have of saving the fourth Test against India in Delhi.