Raipur, Dec 4 (PTI) Architect of South Africa's series-levelling win in the second ODI against India here, Aiden Markram says scoring runs matters only when the team wins and he felt responsible for the visitors' defeat in the first ODI by a small margin.

Markram, whose 110 on Wednesday set the stage for South Africa's four-wicket win in a chase of 359, fell cheaply in the first ODI at Ranchi where India clinched the high-scoring game by 17 runs.

"Runs only matter if you win games, to be fair, or at least for me. If we'd lost today, I'd be as miserable as I would have been in the previous game. Getting the result is something that makes me really happy," Markram told the media here after the match on Wednesday.

"Being three (wickets) down early in the first game, a lot of that is the di

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