Markram: Spin not a massive danger

Aiden Markram says that spin isn’t a problem, despite India’s spinners taking eight wickets in the Proteas’ nine-wicket defeat at SuperSport Park.

It was appalling cricket from the Proteas which saw them post the lowest total at Centurion; 118 all out in 32.2 overs, a run shy from Zimbabwe’s 119 in November 2009.

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Just like the first ODI, it was spin which tore through South Africa, Yuzvendra Chahal taking 5-32 and Kuldeep Yadav’s 3-25. This is an obvious issue for the South African side, but Proteas stand-in captain said there isn’t much to change in their preparation.

‘They have two quality bowlers. I don’t think we played them particularly well and that was our downfall. You are never going to come across a bad bowling attack and you will never come against a bad batting line-up in international cricket.

‘It’s just one of those things. I don’t think we played spin very well. It’s obviously something we need to work on but it is not a massive danger for us.

‘There’s nothing drastic that has to change, the plans are in place and we just need to keep working on it to execute it. It’s each batsman for themselves and we need to take responsibility.’

There was much talk about gameplans to face spin and Markram touched on his personal approach.

‘For me (it) is to try to take it quite deep, see through the innings and let my attacking batsmen bat around me. Obviously, I didn’t do that. I don’t have a real plan I just try to keep it as low-risk as possible.

‘Once we build partnerships we try to identify a bowler to put pressure on. I think we should just keep playing low-risk.’