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'We let ourselves down‚” says SA captain Du Plessis after dismal performance

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India dominated in all departments even more emphatically than they did to win the first Test in Visakhapatnam by 203 runs last Saturday.

The home side won the second match of the rubber by an innings and 137 runs‚ their biggest ever victory over South Africa‚ on the fourth day in Pune on Sunday.“You don’t mind losing to a team better than you but in this Test we didn’t even come close to where we needed to be to compete; we let ourselves down‚” captain Du Plessis‚ who also presided over South Africa’s five losses in eight completed games at the World Cup in England‚ told reporters.

Virat Kohli and Mayank Agarwal scored double centuries for India‚ who also banked three tons and four 50s. South Africa’s XI in Pune have 357 caps between them‚ or 217 fewer than the side put out by India‚ the world’s top-ranked team.

 

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