Head coach Rahul Dravid acknowledged the Indian batsmen’s need to fare better and help the team get those “additional 60-70 runs”, which he feels could have made a big difference on the outcome of the Test.

“The wickets have been a little bit challenging for both the teams. But yeah, we need to bat a little bit better. As a batting unit, we can look to seize the key moments and when we get those partnerships, we need to make them bigger,” Dravid said after India’s seven-wicket loss in Johannesburg.

“In the first innings, it was challenging as the ball kicked up a little bit. But had we got those extra 60-70 runs, we could well have made a significant difference in this game.

“Maybe some of the guys who got starts could have converted that into hundreds. On these kind of wickets, one of your batsmen have to go in and make a big score, which certainly adds those 60-70 runs,” Dravid emphasised.

Pacer Mohammed Siraj’s injury in his right hamstring also hurt India, Dravid pointed out. “We couldn’t use Siraj much and our strategy regarding the game somehow got affected because of it.”

Dravid, however, assured that Virat Kohli is recovering well from the upper back spasm and could be available for the decider in Cape Town. “He had the opportunity to run around and test himself a little bit with a few throwdowns at nets. Hopefully, with a couple of more nets in Cape Town, he should be good to go,” Dravid said.