India captain Rahul Dravid refused to dwell on his team's defeat in Durban, instead turning his attention to the series decider against South Africa.Dravid said: "It's exciting. We've been competitive with the South Africa team.
"We've stayed with them over the course of both these Test matches so we are quite excited about the next Test match and hope it's a good one."
Dravid's team were beaten by 174 runs 11 days after winning in Johannesburg. The Cape Town Test starts on 2 January.
The Indian skipper failed with the bat in Durban, making scores of 11 and 5, but received rough umpiring decisions on both occasions.
However, Dravid was gracious in defeat. He said: "South Africa played some very good cricket right through the five days.
"Ashwell Prince's century in the first innings and Makhaya Ntini's spell this morning was the key to their success.
"But it's been a little bit disappointing from us. I think our bowlers have been doing a fine job, but we could have batted a lot better than we did, especially in the second innings."
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