The Proteas will aim for a series win against India next month, but even a 3-0 clean sweep won't give them the number 1 Test spot.
SA has shifted its focus to the upcoming battle with No 1 ranked Test team India after its players returned home from the UAE.
The Proteas have remained second on the ICC rankings ahead of their summer Test series against top-ranked India.
SA have set Pakistan a target of 354 to win the second Test after declaring their second innings at 203/5 on the fifth and final day.
Jacques Kallis has warned that lifeless pitches will be the death of Test cricket after SA's dull series draw with Pakistan.
Misbah-ul-Haq played a captain's knock of 58 not out to salvage Pakistan a draw in the second Test against South Africa.
Dale Steyn says SA's bowlers will have to work hard to earn ten Pakistani wickets and win, with a collapse always on the cards.
Stand-in South African captain Jacques Kallis has given high praise to Pakistan for drawing the two-Test series.
Captain Misbah-ul-Haq has scored a half century to rescue Pakistan on the fifth and final day of the second Test against SA.
World number one Test bowler Dale Steyn has his work cut out if he is to prevent England's Graeme Swann from racing into the top spot.
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