SA stand-in captain Aiden Markram put on a brave face after the humiliating nine-wicket defeat to India in the second one-day international (ODI) at Centurion on Sunday and described the result as a chastening experience. Markram said his first match as Proteas skipper in the absence of Faf du Plessis‚ who has been ruled out with a finger injury‚ was an eye-opening experience after he found himself on the wrong side of an Indian routing that was influenced by the visitors’ bewildering wrist spin. "Definitely eye-opening‚ but it might just bring the best out of the squad and I am looking to see how the players react‚" Markram said. SA’s batting line-up collapsed under pressure from India’s twin spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav‚ who shared eight wickets to take their total after two games to 13. Looking back at the disappointing manner in which they succumbed to man-of-the-match Chahal‚ who ended with career best figures of 5/22‚ and Yadav who ended on 3/20‚ Markram admitte...
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