PROTEAS HUNGRY

MAHARAJ: SOUTH AFRICA OUT TO END 15-YEAR DROUGHT

- Wesley Botton

Aiming to end a 15-year drought, experienced spin bowler Keshav Maharaj says the two-Test series against India starting in Kolkata on Friday is a great opportunity for the current generation of Proteas players to cement their place among the world's best teams.

Though they have won three of their last four Tests against India, those were all played on home soil, and the SA side have not won a Test match in India since February 2010.

In the last eight Tests the SA squad have played on Indian soil since then, they have lost seven games and drawn one.

"There's a real hunger and desire within the camp to beat India in India," Maharaj said in Kolkata yesterday.