IND vs SA 2nd Test: Can't take cricket for granted, we need to get better, says stand-in skipper Pant

Stand-in skipper Rishabh Pant connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025) conceded that India needed to get amended arsenic a Test team, and said results cannot beryllium taken for granted conscionable due to the fact that of playing successful location conditions.

South Africa thrashed India by 408 runs successful the 2nd Test present to implicit a 2-0 bid sweep, the archetypal specified lawsuit for the visitors since their triumph nether Hansie Cronje successful the 1999-2000 series.

“It's a small disappointing. As a squad we request to get better. We request to springiness recognition to the opposition. They dominated the bid but astatine the aforesaid time, you can't instrumentality cricket for granted (because of playing astatine home),” said Pant successful the post-match presentation.

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Pant said India volition person to larn from the bid and get amended successful future.

“We request to instrumentality the learning and instrumentality arsenic a team. We needed to beryllium wide with our mindset. In the future, we request to larn from it and get better,” said the wicketkeeper-batter

“The affirmative volition beryllium focusing connected our ain program and that's what we volition instrumentality from this series,” helium added.

South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma was delighted to expanse the series.

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“It's massive. For maine personally, I've been retired of the crippled for a mates of months with injury. Not each time you tin travel to India and locomotion distant with a 2-0 bid win,“ said Bavuma

Bavuma lauded spinners Simon Harmer and Keshav Maharaj for their consistency successful the series.

“Simon has the acquisition of playing present successful India successful 2015, helium complements Keshav rather well. Bit much guile with the ball, it's a conflict to instrumentality the shot retired of their hands. Simon was the antheral for america successful this series,” Bavuma said.

Off-spinner Harmer was adjudged the subordinate of the series, and helium said helium volition permission these shores with fond memories.

“Like I said successful the past Test, it's been a agelong road. 10 years later, a wholly antithetic feeling. Will permission with a batch much fonder memories from then. To bushed a precise bully Indian squad is simply a hellhole of an effort,” Bavuma added.