IND vs SA | Indian pacers extremely disciplined and professional, asserts Zubayr Hamza

"I would say, based on just the general thought of playing in India, you'd assume that it would be tougher to play against the spinners. In saying that, we knew, obviously first we'd have to get through the quick bowlers that they've got, who are extremely disciplined and professional about the way they go about doing their job, so I wouldn't say we underprepared against the seamers. I would just say that maybe we should have prepared more mentally in terms of playing them in whatever conditions that we were faced with," Hamza said in the press conference, reported ESPN Cricinfo.

"I would say that with the new ball they just forced us to play at more balls. They bowled attacking lines, they didn't allow us to leave the ball many times, and by asking us to play at the majority of balls, given the fact that they've got good skill as well, obviously we're going to have to be on top of our game in defence to keep those good balls out, and we haven't done that."

"To have almost been bowled out twice in just less than two days, it's pretty poor from our side. It's been tough. I think we struggled to build partnerships. So from our side with the bat I think we struggled in terms of our defences, and they bowled pretty attacking lines and I think that's been the key for them. I just think we haven't been good enough to keep those good balls off," the youngster said, giving an assessment of the South African batting," he added.