Aiden Markram was ‘brave’ and ‘tactically astute’ while leading South Africa to their first-ever appearance in the final of the T20 World Cup, which they narrowly lost to India last week at Barbados, said former skipper Graeme Smith on Wednesday.

South Africa had a near-perfect campaign in the T20 World Cup under Markram’s captaincy with their only defeat coming in the final when India pipped the Proteas by seven runs.