It was tough watching the boys losing against India from the sidelines because I was very keen to play, although so was every one else in the squad!

    We lost that game in the last six overs of their innings, when they scored too many runs, and the first six overs of our innings, when we did not build up enough momentum.

    But it is something we have talked about and we will be doing our best to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.

The loss against India was tough to take because it is a sin to lose by 14 runs with wickets in hand. It means that we did not pace our innings very well and that is something that we will be working very hard on to correct.

    We started well with the ball but we didn’t capitalise on our start and that was our first mistake.

    We weren’t at our best in the field either and that is something we have worked hard on in training and I am sure we will see an improvement there.

I take issue with reports of the Proteas first match in T20 World Cup that claim the Proteas were altogether out played by India. Were they watching the same match? Yes, we were beaten but to describe it as an entirely one-sided affair is ludicrous.

India, as happens to them at any tournament they play in, enters the ICC World Twenty20 under the burden of massive public expectation.

    India did not enjoy the best of outings at the World Twenty20 in England last year where they failed to reach the semi-finals.

    However, this year they have the look of a team that could well end up challenging for the title.

    Wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni has proved to be an inspired choice as captain.

Despite South Africa’s victory in the final One Day International against India in Ahmedabad on Saturday this series will be remembered for Sachin Tendulkar’s historic 200 not out in the second match in Gwalior. India held an unassailable lead in the series but the Proteas were keen to salvage pride in their final match of the season.

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What a fantastic win against India! It was amazing to be involved and a great relief to actually get on the field in the starting XI. We could sense that the crowd thought we didn’t have enough runs with 130 but there was such a confidence amongst the senior players that we all ran out for the second innings believing that we could win.

It was a slow, dusty wicket which was always going to suit the spinners but we all had to play our part, the seamers and the fielders, too. I thought the batsmen assessed conditions brilliantly and AB played the innings of a genius.