Although the prospects look bleak from the outside, Proteas coach, Russell Domingo, says there is belief and determination within the squad to accomplish what no touring side has done.
It’s exactly three years to the day that Faf du Plessis’ courageous century on debut earned South Africa a thrilling draw against Australia in Adelaide, and who can forget the valiant effort by Du Plessis and AB de Villiers at the Bidvest Wanderers to get the team within a sniff of victory against India after defeat had seemed certain. Both batsmen are still to bat, and although conditions are extreme, motivation and hunger can go a long way.
“We have to believe that we can do it,” Domingo said at stumps on Thursday. “ We know that we have the players capable of pulling off what would definitely go down as one of the greatest chases in the game so we have to have that belief. Some strange things have happened in this game before. We are obviously a long way behind this game at the moment, but we are not discounting ourselves just yet.”
