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Adapt or perish: Prince's call to Proteas

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December 11, 2025

PROTEAS batting coach Ashwell Prince has called on the visitors to be more “adaptable” in the second T20I against India today in New Chandigarh.

- ZAAHIER ADAMS

Adapt or perish: Prince's call to Proteas

PROTEAS batter Reeza Hendricks could return to the starting XI for the second T20I today.

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The Proteas were blown away in the first of the five-match series for a record low 74 on a bowler-friendly surface in Cuttack.

“I thought the pitch was good; not every pitch that you bat on is supposed to be a 220 pitch,” Prince said, after the 105-run defeat.

“The Indian bowlers asked a lot of good questions and ultimately we weren't able to answer. | think, as a cricketer, that should be a massive word (adaptable) in everybody’s vocabulary because in cricket matches, you pitch up.

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