| In three T20Is, we've seen fearless approach by India: VVS Laxman | | |  Agencies
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 15: India stand-in head coach VVS Laxman said his side has been playing "fearless" cricket in the on-going T20I series against South Africa, and the approach, for him, was the primary reason behind the wholehearted support the visitors receive anywhere across the globe.
India are leading the four-match T20I series 2-1 and the final match will be played here at the Wanderers later this day.
"What we have seen in these three matches is the fearless approach of this team," Laxman said during a reception hosted for the Indian team here on Thursday night.
Laxman said the entertaining the fans is an important part of the game along with winning the matches.
"During any tours to any foreign country, we play and try to entertain the crowd. And we always feel that we are playing at home.
"The reason for that is all the wonderful fans of the Indian cricket team - the Diaspora of India who settled down in various countries but still love the Indian team and the Indian cricketers," he added.
"I don't know if the support was for the home team or for our team (in SA). There was a lot more blue in the crowd than actually green," Laxman said.
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav said it was nice to meet Indian community during a hectic tour.
"It's always good to meet the Indian community when we come away from home. It makes us feel like we are at home.
"It's always good to have such a lovely evening in between a tournament and in between a bilateral series to really have some fun," said Suryakumar.
Indian Consul General Mahesh Kumar said cricket relations between India and South Africa, more than a century old, can serve as a model for the broader relations between the two countries.
"In 1921, a 17-member team, mostly Indian-origin people, went to India for a four-month tour. At that time, cricket and soccer were mixed. They played both the genres.
So, we have a 100-plus years of cricket history. There was an interruption during the apartheid years in South Africa.
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