South African coach Shukri Conrad has come out to clarify his ‘grovel’ comment after losing to India by 9 wickets in the third and final one-day international at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.

Conrad had sparked controversy with his post-match press comments on November 25. While speaking about his team’s decision to bat for longer than they probably needed in the Guwahati Test, he said they ‘wanted India to really grovel’.

“We wanted them to really grovel, to steal a phrase, bat them completely out the game and then say to them well come and survive on the last day and an hour this evening," he said.

After India beat South Africa 2-1 in the ODI series, Shukri Conrad clarified that ‘grovel’ is a perfectly good English word.

“I did not have any malice towards

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