Graeme Smith: “I don’t think it was the right decision”
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Former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith was less than impressed with the decision to put Aiden Markram in charge for the recently concluded ODI series against India.
Aiden Markram: “It was obviously tough and it was always going to be tough”
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Aiden Markram has admitted that captaining South Africa during the ODI series against India was a “tough” experience.
Aiden Markram: “I don’t think he needs to take the blame for this. It’s completely down to the players”
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South Africa stand-in captain Aiden Markram has made it clear that batting coach Dale Benkenstein should not be held responsible for the Proteas’ disastrous performance in the ODI series against India.
Hashim Amla: “He will only get better because he is a world class player”
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Veteran South Africa batsman Hashim Amla has admitted that he has been “very impressed” with Aiden Markram’s style of captaincy.
Ottis Gibson: “he is trying to bat in a way that is not the Aiden Markram I saw in September”
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South Africa head coach Ottis Gibson has admitted that he cannot explain stand-in captain Aiden Markram’s sudden dip in form with the bat.
Aiden Markram was docked 20 percent of his match fee
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South Africa stand-in captain Aiden Markram was fined 20 percent of his match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during the fourth ODI against India in Johannesburg.
Aiden Markram: “It’s a big honour”
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Batsman Aiden Markram has been handed the captaincy for the rest of the ODI series against India.
It remains unclear if Aiden Markram will be fit for the third Test against India
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South Africa opener Aiden Markram will be in a race against time to be fit for the third Test against India in Johannesburg after he was diagnosed with a mild left quadricep strain.
Aiden Markram fell six runs short of his third Test century
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South Africa opener Aiden Markram scored a brilliant 94 on the opening day in Centurion, but India battled back in the final session with a couple of late wickets.
Aiden Markram celebrates after scoring his second Test century
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South Africa dominated the opening day of the inaugural four-day Test match in Port Elizabeth as opening batsman Aiden Markram scored 125 before Morne Morkel took three wickets to leave Zimbabwe reeling at 30/4.
