The Proteas, who trail 1-0 in the four-game series, have managed just 507 runs in three completed innings in the first two tests as they repeatedly failed to find a way to counter India’s spin threat.
Captain Hashim Amla offered no excuses as rain again washed out day five in Bangalore and said that the previous four days of no play at least offered the chance for reflection on what has gone wrong.
“From a team point of view I don’t see a lot of positives to take to be honest, but every time there is a disappointing session or a disappointing day of cricket it is the reflection that happens afterwards that is more valuable than most things,” he told reporters on Wednesday.
