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South Africa should play like the World No 1 team

It's always easy to dwell on the 'what might have been' factor after a game is over, but the South African cricket team's sheer hesitancy to press for a win against India in the opening Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Sunday was astounding

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No team in the history of Test cricket has chased 458 for a win and South Africa ended the drawn Test eight runs short of their target.u00a0

Was it a thriller of a game? Yes, but only till the start of the final overs of the game because the hosts did not give cricket lovers the impression that they wanted to win in those closing stages of the Test.

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