‘Now that is what u call Protea Fire’: South Africa earn high praise after Cape Town win

South Africa won the decisive final Test against top-ranked India by seven wickets Friday to come from behind and clinch the series 2-1. It denied India its first Test series win in South Africa and was an unexpected result considering the strength of the Indian team under captain Virat Kohli, and the relative inexperience of the South African side.

“That people expect us to beat South Africa in South Africa is testimony to how far we’ve come,” said Kohli. “We haven’t done it, that’s the reality. Accept it and come back as better cricketers. You’ve got to credit the opposition where it’s due.”

India was a convincing winner of the first Test in Centurion by 113 runs and that seemed to be a forecast for the series ahead. But the Proteas leveled in Johannesburg with a gutsy fourth-innings run chase and did the same again when it chased down 212 in the decider at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday. South Africa got home surprisingly comfortably and finished on 212-3 soon after lunch on Day 4.

Legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar was not happy with India’s tactics of not using Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami or Shardul Thakur after Lunch on Day 4. “It was a mystery to me why Shardul Thakur and Jasprit Bumrah did not bowl after Lunch. It was almost as if India had decided that they are not going to win this,” Gavaskar said on commentary.

India will be facing South Africa in the ODI series starting from January 19.

With Thanks Refrence to:https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/south-africa-vs-india-3rd-test-reaction-7723222/