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Xtra Time Web Desk: Team India's lackluster performance in the ODI series against South Africa disappointed Former Indian bowler Madan Lal calling out the players for their "casual" approach and their inability to learn from their mistakes.

Team India on Sunday lost the third and the final ODI of the 3 match series against South Africa by a margin of 4 runs. The loss saw the Proteas complete a 3-0 clean sweep over the visitors in what was almost a one sided series.

Madan Lal, one of the players among India's iconic win in 1983 World Cup winning squad, expressed that Team India could have easily won and justified why the twin series loss was so disappointing.

"They got out while attempting the glory shot otherwise this match could have easily been won. In international matches, batters must take more responsibility. If you go in with a casual approach, you are going to keep losing matches and series like this. Apart from the first Test, we haven't played good cricket. We have gifted games, that we should have won, to South Africa.

"They (the players) are just very casual and are playing casual shots. Rishabh Pant played a casual shot and he didn't keep the wicket well either, dropping two caught behind chances. We didn't see a 100-150-run partnership. We haven't learned from our mistakes," he elaborated.

Meanwhile, former batters Sanjay Manjrekar and Aakash Chopra also reacted to the series defeats.

"The way the match ended sums up the whole trip for India. It has to be one of the poorest Indian tours to South Africa. That’s how it was destined to be. It just wasn’t India’s time in South Africa. It is a bad loss," Manjrekar told.

"Last year, the overwhelming thought during India’s tour to Sri Lanka was that India can field two teams at the same time and still win. 8 months later, India struggled to win a single game in a series with the best side (minus Rohit). How did we get here?" tweeted Chopra on Monday.