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Stand-in skipper Rishabh Pant on Wednesday (November 26, 2025) conceded that India needed to get better as a Test team, and said results cannot be taken for granted just because of playing in home conditions.
South Africa thrashed India by 408 runs in the second Test here to complete a 2-0 series sweep, the first such instance for the visitors since their triumph under Hansie Cronje in the 1999-2000 series.
“It’s a little disappointing. As a team we need to get better. We need to give credit to the opposition. They dominated the series but at the same time, you can’t take cricket for granted (because of playing at home),” said Pant in the post-match presentation.
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Pant said India will have to learn from the series and get better in future.
“We need to take the learning and stick as a team. We needed to be clear with our mindset. In the future, we need to learn from it and get better,” said the wicketkeeper-batter
“The positive will be focusing on our own plan and that’s what we will take from this series,” he added.
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma was delighted to sweep the series.
“It’s massive. For me personally, I’ve been out of the game for a couple of months with injury. Not every day you can come to India and walk away with a 2-0 series win,“ said Bavuma
Bavuma lauded spinners Simon Harmer and Keshav Maharaj for their consistency in the series.
“Simon has the experience of playing here in India in 2015, he complements Keshav quite well. Bit more guile with the ball, it’s a struggle to take the ball out of their hands. Simon was the man for us in this series,” Bavuma said.
Off-spinner Harmer was adjudged the player of the series, and he said he will leave these shores with fond memories.
“Like I said in the last Test, it’s been a long road. 10 years later, a completely different feeling. Will leave with a lot more fonder memories from then. To beat a very good Indian team is a hell of an effort,” Bavuma added.