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‘You can’t take cricket for granted’: Rishabh Pant opens up after India’s 2-0 whitewash vs South Africa
South Africa beat India by 408 runs in the second Test, completing a historic 2-0 series win in India, with Jadeja scoring a lone 54.
Last Updated on - November 26, 2025 3:05 PM IST
Rishabh Pant after India's 2-0 whitewash
Stand-in skipper Rishabh Pant on Wednesday conceded that India needed to get better as a Test team, and said results cannot be taken for granted just because of playing in home conditions.
South Africa towelled India by 408 runs in the second Test here to complete a 2-0 series sweep, the first such instance for the visitors since their triumph under Hansie Cronje in the 1999-2000 series.
“It’s little disappointing. As a team we need to get better. We need to give credit to the opposition. They dominated the series but at the same time, you can’t take cricket for granted (because of playing at home),” said Pant in the post-match presentation.
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Pant said India will have to learn from the series and get better in future.
“We need to take the learning and stick as a team. We needed to be clear with our mindset. In the future, we need to learn from it and get better.”
The wicketkeeper-batter admitted that South Africa played better cricket throughout the series.
“They played better cricket, cricket demands that you need to capitalise as a team. And we did not do that and that cost us the whole series.
“The positive will be focussing on our own plan and that’s what we will take from this series,” he added.
Simon Harmer, who recorded career-best figures of 6/37, ended with a match haul of nine wickets.
( With PTI Inputs )