India v South Africa 2009/10 / Features

Tendulkar's irresistible second coming

Feb 26, 2010: Over the last three years he has, quite magically, turned back the clock, displaying the intensity, hunger and sheer genius that many thought had been lost forever

Tendulkar's glory untouched by fame

Feb 26, 2010: Tendulkar has given an adoring nation everything it has asked for and still managed to keep his game and his ambitions pure

Better than Lara and Ponting, Gavaskar and Border, and The Don

Feb 24, 2010: A selection of tributes on Sachin Tendulkar's double-century

Old-school Dale

Feb 24, 2010: Hunting and fishing are still part of his life but the rawness and inconsistency have dropped away and Steyn has emerged as one of the best fast bowlers in the world

South Africa in India 2009-10

Sehwag and Amla top, Duminy flops

Feb 19, 2010: Marks out of ten for the Test series between South Africa and India that was drawn 1-1

The rot in rotation

Feb 19, 2010: India's rotation policy, which allocates Tests to venues, is obsolete and needs ruthless, radical change

The ups and downs of Harbhajan Singh

Feb 19, 2010: India's lead spinner's major problem in the last four years has been his display in home Tests. Can the Kolkata performance spark a revival?

India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata, 5th day

The last man standing

Feb 18, 2010: Hashim Amla was the last South African standing after his vigil lasted a minute short of 500, but he was not playing for time and grinding it out. Instead, it is his bloody-mindedness, an antithesis to the fast-paced approach of the Twenty20 age

India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata, 5th day

Grand theatre lights up Indian victory

Feb 18, 2010: India's bowlers found their straps in an unrivalled atmosphere at the Eden Gardens to prevail in a thrilling encounter

India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata, 5th day

Harbhajan and the Eden Gardens factor

Feb 18, 2010: Harbhajan Singh's match haul of eight wickets took his tally at Eden Gardens to 46 in eight Tests, the highest by any bowler

India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata, 3rd day

A perfect fit at No. 5

Feb 16, 2010: VVS Laxman's style of forcing the opposition to retreat is perhaps not as in your face as MS Dhoni's, but it's as effective

India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata, 2nd day

A meeting of generations

Feb 15, 2010: Despite cricket's following increasing manifold since Sachin Tendulkar made his debut, Virender Sehwag remains the only one of the generation that watched him avidly to mature into a truly world-class batsman

Swing it to win it

Feb 14, 2010: Even the best batsmen are troubled by late swing. Why waste time finding ways to reverse the old ball when the new one can be just as damaging?

India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata

Fond memories for Laxman and Harbhajan

Feb 12, 2010: Going by past stats at Eden Gardens, VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh could be in for more runs and wickets in the second Test against South Africa

The curious cases of Raina and Saha

Feb 12, 2010: One is yet to prove his first-class credentials, the other did not get a chance to prove his skills behind the stumps in Nagpur

India v South Africa, 1st Test, Nagpur, 4th day

No crumbs of comfort for India

Feb 9, 2010: The roots of this debacle go back to some frankly ludicrous selection. Having made such a pig's ear of picking the 15, the selectors deserve every bit of criticism that will come their way over the coming days

India v South Africa, 1st Test, Nagpur, 4th day

Harris moves from facilitator to lead artist

Feb 9, 2010: The man who has been a facilitator to the fast bowlers today stepped up and made himself count

India v South Africa, 1st Test, Nagpur, 4th day

How Harris choked India

Feb 9, 2010: Paul Harris' outside-leg-stump line was perfect in the context of the game, as none of the Indian batsmen figured out how to score runs against him

India v South Africa, 1st Test, Nagpur, 3rd day

India get a taste of the future

Feb 8, 2010: A weak batting line-up was brutally exposed by a devastating spell of fast bowling

India v South Africa, 1st Test, Nagpur, 3rd day

Striker Steyn floors India

Feb 8, 2010: Dale Steyn has taken 13 five-fors in 37 Tests, a rate matches by very few bowlers over the last 40 years