It will rank among top 5 in South Africa’s history: Coach Boucher on Test series win against India

South Africa head coach Mark Boucher on Friday ranked the remarkable, come-from-behind 2-1 series win against world No 1 India as one of the best in their history of Test cricket.

Trailing 0-1 after losing the Boxing Day opening Test at Centurion, the Dean Elgar-led side showed immense resilience to win back-to-back matches at the Wanderers and Newlands to clinch the series.

“To put it into perspective we have lost three tosses. A lot of people, including some of the media, had written us off after day one of the first Test of the series,” Boucher said at the post-match media interaction.

“So, to come back after losing the first Test badly and then to win the second Test and now win the third Test is pretty incredible. It will rank up there – in top five must be. Where we’ve come from, the on-field and off-field stuff. It’s good to get some good results.

“The way the whole Test series was played was hard fought, some good cricket, it must be up there with some of the best Test series to have played in South Africa.”

Going into the series, the hosts were short on experience as they played their first Test in six months at Centurion. They had…

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