“Every Test match, they bat first, they score 500, they declare when it’s dark, they get three wickets when it’s dark and when day three starts, you’re under pressure. It was like copy and paste in every Test match.” In the final chapters of his international career, Faf du Plessis went through the ultimate test of body and mind on a depressing 2019 India tour that blanked the Proteas 0-3. The crisis deepened in his position as captain. He would lead once more at home before stepping down in February 2020. Du Plessis’s assessment of the Indian conditions and the home team’s ruthless dominance over the various phases of play would remain firmly with Temba Bavuma, his vice-captain on that dreaded India trip. Taking over as captain in 2022 and equipped with an expanding, world-beating arsenal of match-winners, Bavuma’s boys shook the foundations of the Indian Test game in Guwahati on Wednesday. The 2-0 clean sweep marked their first series win in India in the 21st century. Even if one were to discount the ragged …