Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah of India leave the field dejected after India lost to South Africa by 72 runs on the fourth day of the first test between South Africa and India at Newlands Stadium. "But in hindsight I would say the best thing would be, reach there two weeks earlier". Finally, a member of the Indian team's think tank admits they might have made a mistake or two along the way, and that they do not necessarily know everything about cricket.

"Unfortunately the schedule was such that you had matches". "Sometimes as a leader you've got to consider how you impact the others in the environment".

The Committee of Administrators (COA) running the BCCI will review India's dismal performance in South Africa following the conclusion of the tour.India suffered big defeats in Cape Town and Centurion to lose the series. When you don't follow a team closely you don't really have an eye on it all the time. "We were very well prepared. Not many teams look half that when they come to India", Shastri said in his typically upbeat manner about the preparation for the third Test.

That will always be the case. You are telling me that you could have played the best 11. "We have an incredible opportunity as a team to win 3-0, and that makes us even more hungry to go where no team has gone before".

When asked if it was tougher for the team to make comebacks from hard positions overseas, Shastri explained the reasons why this was true.

"Overseas, you go on current form, you go on conditions".

"It looks more like the conditions we are used to", he said.

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"I think if he had a really constructive person in his environment, who could talk to him, make him think, maybe even challenge him with some different ideas, in a constructive way, not an angry or aggressive way, but make him think, open his eyes to other possibilities, that would make him a really good leader." said Smith, speaking at an event organised by South African television network SuperSport. We should not be in a position where we have to fight back, that is the bottom line as far as I am concerned.

"Well, there is grass on the track and you expect that overseas. We will have a clear picture by the end of this afternoon", he added.

On practice wickets, Rahul, Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara took first strike against the net-bowling duo of Shardul Thakur and Navdeep Saini, who were confirmed arrived at the team hotel late on Saturday evening. When you take 20 wickets you have a chance to win.

Some of them are guilty of playing reckless shots - which would have worked on a slow pitch - in the first two Tests and coming into the third game, they will have got a measure of the task ahead. "The onus will be on the partnerships in the batting department".

Two days out from the match, there was a generous covering of green grass on a surface baking under a hot sun, with groundsman Bethuel Buthelezi saying in a weekend newspaper interview that he was planning on preparing a "green mamba"?- which South Africans understand as a green pitch offering venomous assistance to seam bowlers.

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