SA's captain Dean Elgar says the third and final test against India at Newlands on Tuesday is his team's biggest match in 15 years as they look to win a series against the number one side in the world and provide confidence to a new group of players.
India won the first test by 113 runs in Centurion, before the home side bounced back with a seven wicket win in the second in Johannesburg, boosted by skipper Elgar's unbeaten 96 in the second innings as they chased down an unlikely 240 to win.
"This test match is potentially the biggest we have had in 15 years," Elgar told reporters on Monday."We have been playing pretty good cricket, though we have had quite a few things not go our way. We have been doing everything right. "We saw at The Wanderers , the moment we brought the intensity it seemed to fluster the Indians quite a lot. It would be silly for us to not try and replicate that," he added.
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