South Africa is like just shy of reclaiming the world number one in Test cricket, but middle-order batsman AB de Villiers said the visiting team will continue a series win over the ICC rankings.
He said that the Proteas have forward motion with them and was listening carefully on winning the series.
“We are so worried about the ICC rankings. Of course it would be nice to be number one Test side in the world, but our focal point is to win series in India. We are here to play a good brand of cricket,” de Villiers told reporters.
AB de Villiers is persuaded that South Africa’s upper hand 48 hours before the final test of the two-match series starts Eden Gardens on Sunday. “Cricket is all about momentum and confidence,” de Villiers said after a tough workout, which lasts for four hours. “We’ve won two Test matches in a row, and we are an impartial side. But we still have to win the series. ”
Before their innings victory in the Nagpur Test was South Africa beaten England in the last test at Wanderers to level four-match series 1-1. But de Villiers admitted that the South Africans not to make money on to win the series at home against England, particularly when they stood on the brink of victory at least twice.
“It was very unsatisfactory not to win the series. Comforter, we under enemy controls most of the test series, but it means nothing at the end of the day when it was 1-1.”
According to de Villiers, now that India is in a turn, they would be anxious to bounce back and use all available options. A shot in the arm in the return of VVS Laxman form wrist injury. In the lack of Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh in the middle order, counting Laxman returns is significant for India, who made three changes after the defeat in the first test. South Africa is still disturbing. But they are not easy to Indians even though they saw a downhearted lot for four days in Nagpur.
