Best 4th Innings(batting) temparament amongst current test team

Surely SA are ahead of other teams as they have talented and exprienced players who can perform in any conditions,England too have such players.Actually when young players learn fast and their temperament is developed well ,then team automatically excels.For example India got some new players after World Cup 1996 debacle and later those young players turned out to great players who no only won matches for the team but escorted the team out of trouble too.Due to these players like Ganguly,Dravid,VVS,Zak and some other match winners like Sachin and Kumble,India not only won at home but won in Eng,WI,NZ,Pak too.Currently SA and England both have some experienced players with good temperament and skills hence according to me they are most likely to do well under pressure in 4th innings.India have a young team still they did chase out successfully on broken pitches is a good sign, however big test will be when they tour next year .

India had a very nice victory after a long time defeating Australia 4-0.South Africa tops the table in test and have always had a good performance in case of batting and fielding.

While I have not been observing cricket much over last few years, from what I have read, South Africa looks the best in terms of batting out in the fourth innings. And perhaps, the English team has also improved on this count. Australia also was good in this respect till a few years back, yet I am not much aware of the current situation, since they have not been winning that much, except for a few wins some time back, courtesy Michael Clarke.

Yes, I perfectly do agree with you. It requires a lot of talent and courage to withstand the fourth innings especially if you are in a position between defeat and draw. For example India recently won all the four test matches batting in the fourth innings. But for all those test matches India required only a few runs which any team can score if they batted sensibly and patiently. But for South Africa they saved the test match from the edge of defeat against Australia. Definitely South Africa deserves to be no:1.

Only champion sides so well in the final innings of a test. India has shown it at home, particularly in the ODIs. They have chased scores in excess of 300 quite a few times. In the tests they have done well in the 4th innings on a few occasions, in the recent past. In the past we chased a target of 400+ successfully in 1976. Then Sunil gavaskar almost single handedly pulled of a 400+ chase against England. As of now India is not far behind SA, unbelievable as it may sound. The transition is happening well as Sandeep Patil and Co. have bravely gone ahead and made some changes. Sachin may well have played his last test in India and looks unlikely to make it to the squad that will tour SA. With his exit the transition phase will get over. One thing that remains to be done is to choose a new test captain so that Dhoni can focus on ODI world cup 2015 and T-20 sucess. The likely candidates are Ashwin, Pujara and Kohli. Kohli may seem to be having an edge but the other two have performed well in tests. Pujara has shown the maturity and adaptability for the leadership post.