South Africa coach Shukri Conrad hailed captain Temba Bavuma as one of the best batters in the world over the past two years after his gutsy match-winning innings at Eden Gardens secured a 30-run win in the first test against hosts India.

Bavuma remains unbeaten in his 11 tests as skipper, winning 10 of them to go with a draw, and in that period has averaged 57.00 with the bat.

His unbeaten 55 on a treacherous wicket in the second innings on Sunday helped his side set a modest victory target of 124 for their hosts, who were bowled out for 93.

No other batter in the match got into the 40s.

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