IND vs SA: India's Stand-In Captain Rishabh Pant Reacts After Humiliating 2-0 Whitewash, Says 'They Dominated The Series...'

India National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Indian captain Rishabh Pant acknowledged South Africa's 'dominance' in the series after the visitors achieved a 2-0 whitewash against the hosts on Wednesday at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. Pant also insisted that the team should learn from its mistakes and improve accordingly.

South Africa, who were already leading 1-0 in the series, secured a huge win by 408 runs in the Guwahati Test. Simon Harmer picked up a six-wicket haul in the 2nd innings, with notable contributions from Senuran Muthusamy (109) in the first innings, helping the side keep the South Africans ahead in the match.

"It's a little disappointing. As a team, we need to get better. We need to give credit to the opposition. We need to take the learning and stick as a team. They dominated the series, but at the same time, you can't take credit for granted. We needed to be clear with our mindset. In the future, we need to learn from it and get better. They played better cricket; cricket demands that you capitalise as a team. And we did not do that, and that cost us the whole series. The positive will be focusing on our own plan and that's what we will take from this series," Rishabh Pant said after the match.

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After defeating Team India at home, the Temba Bavuma-led South Africa swept the Asian Giants 2-0 in the two-match Test series. Earlier, the Proteas dominated the Indian side in the first Test, winning by 30 runs at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

South Africa's Marco Jansen earned the Player of the Match for his strong all-round performance, while Simon Harmer received the Player of the Series award.

This is also South Africa's first Test series win in India since 2000. The last time the Proteas won a Test series in India was under the leadership of Hansie Cronje, who won the series 2-0. Temba Bavuma became the latest skipper to join the list.

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This is India's second whitewash at home under the head coach Gautam Gambhir. 0-3 to NZ last year and 0-2 vs SA now - two home Test series defeats for India in two years, under Gambhir.

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