Team India’s Test wicketkeeper, Wriddhiman Saha is confident they are ready for the challenges that lie ahead during the South African tour. He also reckons that India has a very good chance of winning the Test series in the rainbow nation, a feat none the earlier Indian team has ever achieved.

During an interview with the Hindustan time, Saha said, “The way we have been playing the last 2-3 years and if we do our things right like the way we have been doing, I feel we have a very good chance of winning this time.”

Speaking about the lack of preparations for the tour, he added, “Since we were in a hurry to go home, we really didn’t have any kind of team talk about the South Africa tour after wrapping up the Test series (against Sri Lanka) in Delhi. There hasn’t been any specific preparation. The pitch or conditions in Pune won’t be similar to South African pitches so there is no point thinking too much about it. The bounce will be different in South Africa. So the Eden Gardens Test helped in giving us an idea about the conditions. Once you start training there (South Africa), you get used to the bounce and movement.”

However, one area of concern which remains for the Virat Kohli and his men is the abysmal catching in the slip cordon. Speaking of the same, Saha said, “Dropping catches is part of the game. The best fielders too drop catches. We don’t have any fixed or designated slip fielder as of now. But the slip fielders have an understanding among themselves. We know who is stronger on which side and stand accordingly. It’s (finding out the right slip fielders in South Africa) a process since we all practise slip catching.”