South Africa team suffered a humiliating 5-1 ODI series loss to India, and stand-in skipper Aiden Markram feels that such a performance means that South Africa has taken a step back in their quest for their preparation for the World Cup.
“Obviously we have taken a step back, because results-wise and performance-wise we haven’t moved forward” he said.
“But having said that I’d rather have it happened now than two or three months before the World Cup starts or during the World Cup.”
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“So there are lessons we can learn, but the most important thing is not to make the same mistakes going forward. I did feel during the series that we made mistakes from previous games, so we didn’t learn well from our lessons. It’s crucial now that we dig into what went wrong and rectify it so it doesn’t happen again in the future.”
“If you look at how they set their innings up, there was always one of the top three in for the 40th over, and that’s crucial in this format,” Markram added.
“Their bowlers controlled the middle period well. They’ve got two good quality spinners and they strike up front with the new ball. They tick all their boxes and we’re going to work hard to do the same thing” he added further.
