Quinton de Kock’s easy century put the third ODI on the trail of one other runfest, earlier than Prasidh Krishna intervened. His dismissal, South Africa coach Shukri Conrad opined, was the turning level within the contest, one the Proteas by no means recovered from.
“Shedding Quinny simply earlier than the drinks break was large. One other few overs from him and we might’ve posted one thing aggressive. After which in the direction of the again finish, when Dewald (Brevis) and Marco (Jansen) get out in the identical over to Kuldeep (Yadav), you find yourself 40-50 runs shy of the place you probably might have been,” he stated.
He additionally refused to put blame for the defeat purely on the function of dew.
“We had been a bit of bit brief with the bat. As a result of we didn’t publish the rating large enough, the Indian openers had been below no strain. They didn’t need to take any dangers. We let ourselves down with the bat. We wanted to publish one thing much more aggressive to place India below strain. The toss does play an element and batting second is less complicated, however that’s not the explanation India thumped us tonight.”
Regardless of the defeat, the 58-year-old stated the staff will mirror on the positives, with the youthful gamers studying first-hand from “the world’s finest” Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
After his feedback following the Proteas’ Check collection win ruffled many feathers, Conrad as soon as once more reiterated that he meant no malice.
“It was by no means my intention to trigger any malice or not be humble. I might have chosen a greater phrase, on reflection. As a result of it left it open to individuals placing their very own context to it. The one context I ever supposed it to be was for India to spend so much of time and make it actually powerful for them,” he stated.
“What it did was take away the gloss of what was a very particular win for our Check staff. It’s unlucky that the discuss turned in regards to the coach. Folks shouldn’t even know who the coach is. It must be in regards to the gamers. I’d wish to assume that it’s going to be put to mattress now.”
Revealed on Dec 06, 2025