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More shocking scenes came into play when South Africa named 23-year old batsman Aiden Markram who played only 3 ODIs (before getting captaincy) the captain for the rest of the matches in the ODI series. It effected South Africa badly and as well it effected the batsman Markram too who failed to contribute anything with the bat in the series.
Former South African captain Graeme Smith also believes selecting Markram as captain was not a right decision.
Smith told ESPNcricinfo:
"I don't think it was the right decision. Everyone has been talking about his leadership. Probably coming from me that doesn't make sense because I got given the job at a very young age. I think it was an interim thing, not a full-time thing. I would have rather have had him find his place, find his feet within the one-day set-up, try and get runs behind him. South Africa need players to step up and perform."
Smith disappointed with the senior players:
"What was disappointing for me was that I don't think the other senior players stepped up around him - the Amlas, Duminys, Millers, those guys just never got it going from a performance perspective, an intensity perspective. They needed to get behind and lead the way almost."
Taking a dig at South Africa's batting approach:
"South Africa really had no thought, no plan B or C. It was really just dot ball, dot ball, 'okay let's have a swing.' There was no real plan, let's try to build a partnership, it was almost like as the partnership builds it gets slightly easier and South Africa never found a way to do that."
When asked about the World Cup:
"In the long run, there's still enough time for the World Cup to think this potentially could be a good thing. But that is only if Faf and Ottis [Gibson] and the selection panel get their head in the right place and strategically pick. Once the likes of de Villiers, Faf himself and de Kock are back fit, how do they put a line up together that's going to win a World Cup."
