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Indian team captain Rohit Sharma said on the eve of the Boxing Day Test against South Africa that if the team manages to win the series here, it might ease the pain of the World Cup defeat. The two-Test series between India and South Africa will begin on Tuesday. This will be India’s ninth Test series in South Africa since 1992, but so far they have not won a single series in the country. This is the reason why the current series as usual is being called the ‘last fort’ for the Rohit Sharma-led team.
Rohit Sharma said during the press conference that, we have been coming here for many years. This is a very important category. We have never won a series here. This is a great opportunity for us. We came very close the last two times. This gives us a lot of enthusiasm and motivation to perform at our best. Our fast bowlers have done well in Australia, England and South Africa. Shami will be missed.
He continued, “We haven’t won the series here, if we manage to win here it will be a big thing. I don’t know if this will ease the pain of the World Cup loss. If we succeed in achieving this, it will be a good thing. If you have worked so hard, something bigger is needed.
In the ODI World Cup, Rohit Sharma got a chance to match Kapil Dev and Mahendra Singh Dhoni but failed to become the world-winning captain due to the loss to Australia in the final. Now he has a chance to become the first Indian captain to win a Test series in South Africa and he is not going to let it go.