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Making sense of India's unusual tactics

Why did India delay taking the new ball? And why did Shami bowl only one over in the middle session? Here's Sidharth Monga's take on those questions and others

16-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Centurion

Did India lose the plot in the middle session?

In Test cricket, as in life, there comes situations that define you as a team. For India, that moment arrived during the post-lunch session of the fourth day

16-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Centurion

Which Indian player has scored the most hundreds in South Africa?

And have four bowlers taken more than 20 wickets each in a Test series before this Ashes?

16-Jan-2018•Steven Lynch

Kohli's excellence in isolation

Surely he remembers Adelaide when he carried them almost all alone? He is desperate to avoid a repeat

15-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Centurion

Kohli's stellar conversion rate from 100 to 150

No other batsman has scored as many 150-plus scores as Virat Kohli in the last seven years

15-Jan-2018•Bharath Seervi

Kohli's unscrambled mind cashes in on conditions

India's captain might have the conditions going for him, but he still had to face some high-quality bowlers executing their plans to near perfection

14-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Centurion

SA throw the bait again but Kohli doesn't bite this time

Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi tried to fox the India captain the same way Vernon Philander had done at Newlands but he left balls outside off and survived the ones that nipped in

14-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Centurion

Speedy Nagarkoti, Mavi spring a surprise on Australia

The two Indian quicks generated speeds in excess of 145kph and rattled Australia who were expecting a trial by spin

14-Jan-2018•Shashank Kishore in Mount Maunganui

R Ashwin's rare feat in Centurion

Stats analysis from the second day in Centution where R Ashwin finished with four wickets and South Africa were bowled out for 335

14-Jan-2018•Bharath Seervi

Pandya's brilliance, fine. Then what?

It shouldn't always take pieces of magic for India to create the best chance to win a Test in South Africa. There are still 14 wickets to be taken, and India cannot afford to rely on magic for them

13-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Centurion

Joe Root joins the IPL in-crowd

There are many good reasons for Joe Root to enter the IPL auction, but his inclusion begs several questions that cricket must answer

13-Jan-2018•David Hopps

Kohli's subcontinent habit that doesn't work in South Africa

Virat Kohli's habit of striding in to defend a wide delivery - through which he exposes himself to a dismissal by playing them - hasn't changed since 2015

12-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Centurion

Who should be part of India's XI for the second Test?

India have a range of selection headaches ahead of the Centurion Test

11-Jan-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

A right-hand Sangha, a left-arm Afridi

Five players to keep an eye on during the 2018 edition of the Under-19 World Cup

11-Jan-2018•Shashank Kishore in Whangarei

Does Pujara need to show more intent?

He was the only Indian top-order batsman to last 100 balls in Cape Town, and looked in control most of the time, but given the approach his captain has asked from his batsmen, Cheteshwar Pujara could be under a bit more pressure than you might think

10-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga

Big Vern reels in the big fish

Over the course of 13 balls delivered from his favourite Wynberg End, Vernon Philander set Virat Kohli up and sent him back with the most artful of knockout blows

08-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Cape Town

'A master of his craft'

Vernon Philander took the plaudits after a career-best effort gave South Africa the series lead in a low-scoring encounter at Newlands

08-Jan-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

India should rue fatal first day

It's easy to fall for recency bias and blame a fourth-innings collapse for losing a winnable contest, but India know their bowlers and batsmen really let the Newlands Test slip in the first innings

08-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Cape Town

Rohit, Dhawan and the limits of 'current form'

Runs against Sri Lanka earned Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan their places in India's XI for Cape Town, ahead of Ajinkya Rahane and KL Rahul respectively, but neither justified his selection

08-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Cape Town

Philander dominates at Newlands, yet again

The fast bowler won his third Man-of-the-Match award on his home ground, while Wriddhiman Saha set a new catches record for Indian wicketkeepers

08-Jan-2018•Bharath Seervi

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