Earlier in the May, Cricket South Africa dropped all charges against the coach, Boucher, which has this has overshadowed the teams’ performances in recent times.

This led to Boucher continuing in his capacity as the head coach after CSA were gunning for his dismissal.

The Proteas captain, Temba Bavuma, said they want to move on and focus on the on-field stuff.

“There's a lot of relief within the whole cricket fraternity that it seems that if these off-field issues have been resolved and put to bed,” said the influential skipper during the pre-departure press conference.

“There's a space now for everyone to focus on cricket and what happens on the field.

“It was a tough time for the team, players and members of the management, but I think we handled it as best as we could.

“Just going back over the months - the conversations and discussions we had were to make sure that guys are mentally in the right space. There weren't any underlying issues or indifferences between players and management. That helped us to deal with the whole situation that was at hand.

“As players, we welcome the fact that we can focus on the cricket and invest as much energy into that, other that the off-field issues…at least for now.”

The Proteas depart for India on Wednesday morning and the first T20I will be played on 9 June in Delhi.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport