Kanpur: After an "unexpected" series win in the Twenty20s, South Africa's ODI captain AB de Villiers says it would be challenging to maintain the momentum against India. "Yes, it is vital," said De Villiers on the eve of the opening ODI while answering a query on the way forward on the team's long tour of South Africa.


AB de Villiers

"It is a great start in what promises to be a very challenging tour for us. In the T20 series, I don't think a lot of people expected us to play the way we did. There will be lots of travelling, lots of different grounds, lots of different wickets.