why is south african rugby team called springboks
South Africa national rugby union team The Springbok nickname and logo also dates from the 1906–7 tour of Britain. The springbok was chosen to represent the team by tour captain Paul Roos in an attempt to prevent the British press from inventing their own name. The logo was not restricted to the white team alone – the first coloured national team used the springbok in 1939 and the first black team in 1950.[84] After the fall of apartheid in 1992 a wreath of proteas was added to the logo. When the ANC was elected in 1994 the team's name was not changed to the Proteas, like that of the South African Cricket team, due in part to the intervention of then-President Nelson Mandela.[84][87]
South African cricket team in India in 2015–16 The South African cricket team toured India from 29 September to 7 December 2015.[1] The tour consisted of four Test matches, five One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[2] This was the first time a four-match Test series between the two nations has been played in India and the first time that South Africa played a T20I against India in India.[3] India won the Test series while South Africa won both the ODI and T20I series.