• Vijay ton takes India past setbacks
• Last-wicket heroes lift India
• A test for two rebuilding teams
• All-round Dilshan overpowers South Africa
• Hafeez dropped for SL Tests, Younis recalled for ODIs

Defensive captains' extended test

The duration of the Test series will allow Alastair Cook and MS Dhoni to reassess the strategies, or provide enough time to get thoroughly exposed

India look for their Indian summer

Billboards are calling the series England's Indian Summer, but it is India who are looking for that period of warmth, redemption after the last whitewash, for they have seen how bleak the winter that can follow is

India's bowling leader conundrum

The present Indian bowling line-up will tackle its first five-Test series without the proven guidance of Zaheer Khan, their bowling captain. India had unravelled without him in 2011. Will they do better this time around?

South Africa face the Kallis question

Accommodation for a great player like Jacques Kallis should be made with careful consideration and South Africa cannot get carried away with sentiment

Bevan's best, and a combined Indo-Pak team

A look back at five high-profile exhibition matches