To appreciate Sachin Tendulkar's effort today - his fourth century off his first innings in each of the last four years - it is important to appreciate the most exciting bowler in world cricket at his best

ESPNcricinfo brings you the plays of the third day of the third Test between South Africa and India at Newlands

India showed the sort of toughness and determination that they have rarely displayed previously

Sreesanth's spell reiterated the importance of carrying along a difficult member in the team through the bad days, since he has the talent to produce magical moments out of nowhere

ESPNcricinfo brings you the plays of the second day of the third Test between South Africa and India at Newlands

By 28, Paul Adams had gone from school kid to superstar to struggling bowler to has-been. Now, he's a commentator and spin coach

On a day when the quality of India's bowling swung as wildly as the weather fluctuated, the visitors failed to capitalise on a rare toss that was won by MS Dhoni

India have gone in to a final Test with the series level once before in South Africa, but this side has a mental calm that inspires confidence, and MS Dhoni says the dressing-room atmosphere is the best he's even experienced

VVS Laxman ranks Durban "up there" with the best wins of his career, especially because on the first day the batsmen had to counter "one of the most challenging wickets I have played on in my career".

Fourteen years ago, in Durban, India suffered one of their worst defeats in Tests. What has changed since then? We spoke to three players who featured in that Test

In typical fashion, MS Dhoni has sought to downplay the Durban win, saying this win is as special as ones that came in Kanpur, Eden Gardens or anywhere else

India's celebrations after one of their best away wins were a sign of their increasing familiarity with Test success overseas

The contest between the two top teams in the world is heating up, and some of it is boiling over, with Paul Harris alleging that Sreesanth must have said something personal for Graeme Smith to react the way he did

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that, under pressure, VVS Laxman is one of the best in the world in this era

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the day of the third day of the Durban Test between South Africa and India

In South Africa a café isn't what you might think it is. And what's a robot again?

Harbhajan Singh said though there was extra bounce in the Kingsmead wicket, it also took precise bowling in fast-scoring conditions to succeed as a bowler

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the day of the second day of the Durban Test between South Africa and India

As a versatile, thinking bowler who doesn't rely on pace for his wickets, and, more importantly, as the fast bowling captain and coach of the team, Zaheer Khan transforms India's attack from average to potent

VVS Laxman says anything above 250 will be a good total since he expects the Kingsmead pitch not to flatten out the way the one in Centurion did