Proteas head coach Shukri Conrad has compared the upcoming series in India to the World Test Championship final and has backed his charges not to be overawed by the occasion.
There was double delight for South Africa after Proteas Women's captain Laura Wolvaardt and men's spinner Senuran Muthusamy scooped the ICC player of the month awards for October.
Keshav Maharaj feels the upcoming Test series in India is the perfect opportunity for the Proteas to demonstrate how far they have come as a team.
Proteas captain Temba Bavuma spent valuable time in the middle ahead of the Test series in India after scoring a fifty in South Africa A's record run-chase against India A in Bengaluru.
The Proteas suffered a calamitous batting collapse as Pakistan claimed a seven-wicket win in the third and final ODI in Faisalabad on Saturday and with it a 2-1 series victory.
Proteas batter Tony de Zorzi has explained that he just had to trust the process when things were not going well for him within the national team and kept working hard away from the spotlight.