The South African team led by opening batsman Graeme Smith arrived in Mumbai early on Friday on their 22-day tour of India to play a two-match Test series beginning November 20.
Smith said his team will employ the Australian strategy of playing aggressive cricket to do well in the series.
"Australians are the best in the world and they played very aggressively and implemented the plans to perfection during their 2-1 series win recently. We have to learn from them and play aggressively as playing in Indian conditions is pretty tough", Smith told reporters at the airport.
"We have a very young and inexperienced side but we have done our home work well. I am sure we will play some entertaining cricket during this rushed-up tour of three weeks," the opening batsman added.
"Playing the Indians in India is difficult and it is totally different from playing in South Africa or Australia. But we have some very talented youngsters who are very eager to make their mark in international cricket and I am sure it will be an interesting series for both the teams", Smith said.
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When asked whether the absence of two main players -- Herschelle Gibbs and Nicky Boje -- would be felt, Smith, said "they are class performers but we do have some very young and talented players who can do well on this tour".
The team arrived three and half hours late due to a technical snag in the plane which forced them to change the aircraft in Johannesburg.
Both Gibbs and Boje pulled out of the side after it became evident that the Delhi police were eager to question them in an earlier case for allegedly passing on information about the pitch and weather conditions to bookies.
"We have some very talented youngsters like wicketkeeper Thami Tsolikile, batsman Hashim Amla, Alfonso Thomas, Martin Van Jaarsveld, Robert Robin Peterson, Zender de Bruyn and others who can take this opportunity to establish themselves", Smith said.
Speaking about the preparation for this tour, Smith said "we had a very good training camp before coming here and we have new coach (Ray Jennings) with a new dimension and new approach. He has been very helpful and I am sure we have learnt a lot under him and the time has come for us (players) to deliver".
When pointed that they did not had a very good tour of Sri Lanka, Smith said "we just lost one Test match on that tour despite playing pretty well. Lets hope that we can do better here and take up the challenge of playing on Indian pitches head-on".
When reminded that the present team does not have star players like Allan Donald or Jonty Rhodes or Garry Kirsten in their ranks, Smith, said "we still have super stars like Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis and there a number of youngsters who can become stars on this tour".
Later, the team left for Jaipur to play in their tour opener against the Board President's eleven from November 14 to 16.
The team: Graeme Smith (capt), Boeta Dippenaar, Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, Thami Tsolikile, Alfonso Thomas, Martin Van Jaarsveld, Jacques Rudolph, Andrew Hall, Robert Robin Peterson, Zander de Bruyn, Makhaya Ntini and Justin Ontong.
Coach - Ray Jennings, Manager - Goolam Rajah, Assistant coach - Vincent Barnes, Physio - Shane Jabbar, Fitness trainer - Adrian le Roux, Media manager - Gerald de Kock.
