South Africa vs India 2018: Five strategies the hosts should adopt to counter wrist-spin

#3 Rotate the strike

Building the partnership on singles and doubles is crucialThe Proteas batsmen failed to rotate the strike against the turning ball, which enabled the bowler to set them up and eventually they churned out a delivery, with the batsman's name written on it.

The hosts played with hard hands, and extra cover and mid-wicket came into play straight away. Lots of deliveries were hit straight into the hands of the close-in fielders, which prevented them from taking a single.

They should look to play with soft hands and steer the ball into the gaps, thus picking up singles on a regular basis.