VISAKHAPATNAM: Assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate on Friday said a below-par performance in the preceding Test series has put a certain amount of “desperation” in the Indian team to win the ongoing ODI series against South Africa.

India lost the two-match Test rubber 0-2 to the Proteas recently and the one-day series is now levelled at 1-1. “It’s a very different personnel of players but the guys are very aware of the responsibility of what they’re representing,” ten Doeschate said here on the eve of the series-deciding third ODI.

KL Rahul’s side won the first match at Ranchi by 17 runs but SA pulled one back at Raipur with a four-wicket victory.

“We always want to win but, yeah certainly, when a few losses do start stacking up and performances have been below what we expect from ourse

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