‘Were speaking about India for months’: Temba Bavuma reveals South Africa’s meticulous preparations ahead of historic Test series win | Cricket News
South Africa reaffirmed their status as world champions in Test cricket by doing something that is regarded by many as one of the most difficult challenges in the sport – defeat India in a a series in India. South Africa ended up whitewashing India 2-0 in the series and captain Temba Bavuma said that he had spoken about it with head coach Shukri Conrad for months on end leading up to it. “We have always wanted to prepare ourselves for these types of encounters. Between the two of us, there were months on end speaking about India. What type of team and players did we want? And what did we need to do to be successful? It wasn’t a case of getting to India and saying, “Okay, how are we going to do things?” The seed was planted long before the Test series,” said Bavuma in his column for ESPNCricinfo. Bavuma had himself experienced just how difficult it can be for a South African side in India. Of the eight times that the Proteas had …
