India v New Zealand

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Mental capitulation against spin - Taylor

Aug 26, 2012: Ross Taylor has said New Zealand's capitulation to R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha in the Hyderabad Test was more to do with a mental block against spin than technical shortcomings

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

India's fielding set to play bigger role

Aug 26, 2012: India may have lost years of slip-fielding experience with Dravid and Laxman's departure, but younger players promise new energy

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

An increasingly threatening partnership

Aug 26, 2012: R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha have an excellent record bowling together at home and could play a critical role in tougher tests ahead

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Ashwin spins India to innings win

Aug 26, 2012: For all that spin bowling is considered an art involving guile and deception, India's spinners took apart the New Zealand batting with the precision of surgeons combined with the calculations of mathematicians

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 3rd day

New Zealand grit goes missing

Aug 25, 2012: New Zealand have given a decent account of themselves on recent tours of India, but haven't shown that scrapping ability in this Test yet

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 2nd day

Rain respite for New Zealand after follow-on

Aug 25, 2012: When a second-session downpour ended play on the third day of the Test in Hyderabad, India had New Zealand following on in their second innings at 41 for 1

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 2nd day

The perils of defensive captaincy

Aug 24, 2012: New Zealand were in a position to put India under pressure on the first two days but Ross Taylor's captaincy was found wanting at crucial stages

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 2nd day

Patel banks on New Zealand's ability to fight

Aug 24, 2012: Jeetan Patel, the New Zealand offspinner, has said his side can 'fight' and come back in the Hyderabad Test

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 2nd day

Patience the key for Ashwin

Aug 24, 2012: Still only 25, Ashwin needs to show more patience to be successful. So do the others who expect him to deliver each time

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 2nd day

Spinners put India in charge

Aug 24, 2012: New Zealand were reminded of what was going to be the tougher of their two tasks on this brief tour of India. Not so much bowling against the Indian batting on the country's slow, low turners, but batting on them

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 1st day

The delight of keeping it pure and simple

Aug 23, 2012: The uniqueness of Cheteshwar Pujara's century lay in its understated approach

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad

We failed to put pressure on youngsters - Boult

Aug 23, 2012: Trent Boult, the left-arm seamer, has said New Zealand missed out on an opportunity to put pressure on India's young batsmen on the opening day of the first Test in Hyderabad

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad, 1st day

Pujara ton highlight on India's day

Aug 23, 2012: Cheteshwar Pujara, returning to the India team after 20 months, turned what he called his "second debut" into a statement of assurance

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad

Sixteen years, and suddenly gone

Aug 22, 2012: As they step out to take on New Zealand, India will wake up to the reality of not having two monumental pillars of their Test success as part of the XI

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad

Time to take the plunge

Aug 22, 2012: India's new middle order has the ideal opportunity to test itself - against New Zealand at home ahead of tougher challenges

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad

Taylor banks on 'surprise' attack

Aug 22, 2012: Ross Taylor, the New Zealand captain, has said he expects the ball to swing in Hyderabad and hopes his pace-strong bowling attack can deliver

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad

Dhoni hopes for turn and bounce

Aug 22, 2012: MS Dhoni, the India captain, has said he hopes the pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad will support spinners and generate some bounce and turn

India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Hyderabad

Teams target Test revival amid change

Aug 22, 2012: ESPNcricinfo previews the first Test between India and New Zealand in Hyderabad

New Zealand in India 2012-13

Martin places emphasis on swing

Aug 22, 2012: If New Zealand are to be effective in the Test series against India, it will be important to get the ball to swing for as long as possible, according to pace-spearhead Chris Martin