With only a few more games, Markram is on the verge of reaching a state of genius and is about to achieve exceptional performance levels, according to South Africa coach Shukri Conrad, who voiced faith in his skipper Aiden Markram.
In the just-concluded T20I series against Australia, Markram, who hasn't scored a half-century in 31 innings, only managed 31 runs across three games.
In a thrilling finish to a tight series decider in Cairns, Australia secured the victory when Glenn Maxwell struck an unbroken 62 runs off 36 balls to push the home team over the line on the penultimate ball.
The Men in Yellow now have 21 series victories against the Proteas thanks to this win. The Player of the Match award went to Maxwell (62 runs off 36 balls), while the Player of the Series title went to Tim David (150 runs in three matches).
Although it's a different format, Aiden demonstrated exactly what he's all about in the World Test Championship final, which took place not too long ago. As quoted from ESPNcricinfo, Shukri Conrad said that he is only a few games away from reaching that level of brilliance.
Although South Africa were a little lacking in batting, Conrad admitted that the players they have could work in the Proteas' favor if they were ready to play with a little more self-assurance.
"We have got to pick attacks to beat a team like Australia if we want to be brave, and imagine what they can do when we have a properly balanced side if I can nudge a batting unit into playing a certain way where we are a batter light and I concede we were a batter light," he said.
The home team was given the challenge of chasing 173 runs to win the series because the series level was 11 after Proteas Dewald Brevis' amazing debut century in the second T20I and Australia's clinical bowling performance led them to victory in the first game.
The three-match ODI series between Australia and South Africa begins on Tuesday, August 19, in Cairns.
