JOHANNESBURG - The Proteas head into somewhat uncharted territory on Thursday as they take on Bangladesh in the first of two Test matches.
South Africa will be without a number of their regular stars such as Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Rassie van der Dussen, who are all away at the IPL.
Bangladesh, meanwhile, have never won a Test match in South Africa, losing all six of their previous matches here. They will be buoyed by the fact that they won the ODI series though, in the process recording their first series win in that format in South Africa. "It is a talking and thinking point in our squad, but we need to find a way not to start poor because that really sets us back in a two-match series. As we saw in New Zealand, you really have to focus and put in a lot of energy in the last game to ensure the result goes your way. If we start well and have more results going our way more times, we'll win more series because I feel we play better the longer the series goes on,” he said.