SA relish beating No 1 ODI team

Durban: South Africa’s skipper A B de Villiers is a satisfied man as his team took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against World No 1 India. And AB de Villiers felt that his team ought to be proud of this achievement. The hosts clinched the series after winning the second One-dayer in Durban by 134 runs.

The captain is happy that the strategy is working out and the plan are executed to perfection. "Winning seven out of our last ten ODIs means we are definitely on the right track. There have been problems for us when it comes to consistency. We have been going through some tough times over the last two years in ODI cricket and sort of building a team. "We have been sticking with the same players for a while now and we are enjoying our cricket.

The results are starting to come through but we are nowhere where we want to be. But obviously, winning the series against the No 1 side in the world is very satisfying. It is something we can really be proud of," he said. "Hashim and Quinton have been giving us really good starts, and today it was sort of finished off nicely by the middle and lower order.

I was chuffed at how the lower order scored some runs today. Those were very important runs. They just got us over that par score, which I thought was 230-240. 280 all of a sudden looked like really good score," he said. "I am hopefully still a wicketkeeper in the Tests," said the Proteas' ODI captain, when asked about the form of young Quinton de Kock in particular.

"Quinny is obviously showing he has got the skill and the talent to keep in all three formats of the game. Maybe he still has got to get a bit of experience to gain when it comes to Tests. It is up to the selectors to decide, and the coach and the captain to make that call."