India vs South Africa: 2021 will go down as one of the greatest years in Indian cricket: KL Rahul

India
vs
South
Africa:
Pacers
performance
hallmark
of
our
team’s
results
in
recent
years:
Virat
Kohli

Between
the
start
and
finish
of
the
year,
India
also
recorded
creditable
Test
victories
at
the
Lord’s
and
the
Oval.
Rahul
was
an
architect
in
all
these
milestone
wins
on
more
than
one
occasion.
He
had
scored
a
hundred
in
India’s
win
at
the
Lord’s.

Having
set
the
tone
with
his
first
innings
hundred,
the
stand-in
vice-captain
for
the
South
Africa
series
summed
up
the
year
when
the
Indian
team
became
the
first
Asian
nation
to
win
a
Test
at
the
Centurion.

“It’s
a
super
super
special
year
for
team
India.
The
kind
of
achievements
that
we
have
gotten
this
year
has
been
truly
special.
I
think
it
will
go
down
as
one
of
the
greatest
years
in
Indian
cricket
history,”
Rahul
said
at
the
post
match
press
conference.

India
vs
South
Africa,
1st
Test:
Virat
Kohli
and
band
score
historic
win
at
Centurion,
go
1-0
up

“It
has
taken
a
lot
of
hardwork
and
discipline.
We
have
worked
really
hard
as
a
team
for
few
years,”
added
Rahul.
“The
great
dressing
room
atmosphere
has
also
contributed
to
a
great
performance
and
not
to
forget
the
preparation
part,”
said
Rahul.

“Yes,
the
dressing
room
atmosphere
is
amazing
at
the
moment.
It
is
a
great
Test
victory.
No
Asian
team
has
come
here
and
won
in
Centurion
and
(it
speaks
of)
kind
of
work
we
have
put
in,
in
last
two
weeks
leading
up
to
this
Test
match.

“We
worked
really
hard
as
a
team
and
we
really
had
a
lot
of
fun
at
training
and
at
practice,”
the
senior
opener
said.

Rahul
termed
it
as
a
complete
team
performance
having
set
the
tone
in
the
first
game
of
the
series.
“To
go
out
there
in
the
first
game
of
the
series
and
put
up
a
performance
like
that
which
is
a
complete
team
performance,
it
makes
us
happy.

“We
can
enjoy
this
victory
for
a
day
and
get
back
to
training
and
start
focussing
on
the
next
Test
match,”
said
Rahul.
The
second
Test
starts
in
Johannesburg
on
January
3.