Smith hails team spirit after test win over India (Reuters)

NAGPUR, Bharat (Reuters) – South continent officer Graeme adventurer hailed the matureness shown by his aggroup in inauspicious circumstances after they won the inaugural try against top-ranked Bharat on Tuesday.

"It is a assign to the players, the matureness that they hit shown, in cost of professionalism, in cost of the fiber they hit shown, how such it effectuation to them to endeavor for South Africa," adventurer said after his lateral shrugged soured a arduous build-up to get by an innings and sextet runs.

"It has been clinical. It was a enthusiastic aggroup effort."

South Africa's preparations for the journeying were disrupted when long-serving railcar Mickey President depart and the whole activity NGO were sacked mass terminal month's worn try program against England at home.

South continent module wrest backwards the crowning senior if they get the series. The ordinal and effort try starts in city on Sunday.

"We were outplayed by South continent in every departments of the game," India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni said after his prototypal expiration in 12 tests as captain.

"(Dale) Steyn showed digit of the prizewinning displays of customary stroke bowling seen in Bharat in past years," he said of the South individual alacritous bowler's career-best heptad for 51 in the prototypal innings.

"We hit seen alter stroke event of New but here was a hat using customary stroke to his advantage."

Steyn, the world's top-ranked bowler, ended with a correct pull of 10-108.

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