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Head Coach Shukri Conrad (right) hugs South Africa cricket Captain Temba Bavuma
After a stellar victory in Kolkata, South Africa Head Coach Shukri Conrad now has his eyes set on winning the series in Guwahati.
South Africa claimed their first Test win on Indian soil in 15 years after staging a remarkable comeback to script a win in Kolkata.
Elated with the achievement, Conrad is now targeting an even bigger prize, aiming to win the Test series, something South Africa have not accomplished since 2000.
“This was right up there for us. Coming to India, playing at Eden Gardens, doing something we haven’t done for 15 years, this is right up there. We won a Test match in Pakistan, we’ve now won a Test match here, but the job’s far from done. You don’t come to a country to win a Test match, you obviously want to win the series,” he said.
“I’m so proud of the group in terms of the belief that they’ve got and how they pull together as a unit. It will do wonders for our psyche and it will do wonders for us going forward. Whilst we might not have the ability that a lot of teams have, or we haven’t tapped that ability yet, what we lack in that, we certainly make up for in our ability to play as a unit and the resilience we show. We never give up.” Conrad added.
The second Test of the series is set to begin on Saturday at Guwahati.
