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Xtra Time Web Desk : 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 in spite of a fighting 54 run knock from Deepak Chahar. The loss saw the Proteas complete a 3-0 clean sweep over the visitors in what was almost a one sided series.

And after the completion of what was an utterly disappointing tour, Team India's stand in ODI Skipper, KL Rahul came out to face media in a post match interview and opened up about various aspects related to the series.

Opening up about the disappointing match & series loss to Proteas, Rahul said, "Deepak Chahar gave us a real chance of winning the game. Quite an exciting game, just disappointed we ended up on the losing side. We gave ourselves a real chance, something we can learn from and get better. Quite obvious where we've gone wrong. No shying away from it. At times our shot selection has been poor. Even with the ball, we haven't been hitting the right areas consistently. Have played well in patches but haven't built pressure over a long period,"

"Can't fault the boys for their passion and effort. In terms of skill and understanding the situation - sometimes we've gone wrong. But it happens - we've got some new guys in the team. In the one-day series at times we've kept doing the same mistakes. It's early in our journey to the World Cup. We can go back, have some hard conversations," added the 29 year old Karnataka batter.

Also lauding his team's fight against a resurgent South African Team, the Lucknow captain added, "Have had a great time in SA. Have been looked after really well. We've shown a lot of fight."

Team India will now look to return back to winning ways against West Indies in the home series that will start from February 6.