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High on entertainment

As a spectacle, Bangalore has laid down the marker for the rest of the league

18-Apr-2008•Cricinfo staff

Team watch

Cricinfo runs the rule over the eight franchises doing battle for the lucrative tournament title

17-Apr-2008•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

One hour that made the difference

After matching India blow for blow on the most alien of surfaces and conditions for two days, South Africa slipped up - decisively - in the first hour of the third day

13-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

'Play the ball, not the pitch'

It is fitting that Graham Thorpe is part of the TV commentary team covering the Kanpur Test: he was always a tough nut to crack, even on a difficult pitch

12-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Laxman and Ganguly master a meanie

Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman put India in a state from where they could have evened out the disadvantage of having to bat last

12-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Cracking contest on a cracking pitch

A first-day Kanpur pitch provided the first close-to-even contest of the series between bat and ball

11-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Surface tension before series decider

Kanpur has a lot to thank Ahmedabad for. Had India come into this match leading the series, a draw would have been as likely as the haze in the Kanpur winter

10-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Superb venue for openers

Stats preview to the third Test between India and South Africa in Kanpur

10-Apr-2008•S Rajesh

Longing for the long form

The second season of the ICL has been an improvement on the first, but the players have one big complaint

07-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga

Ganguly lives for another battle

Unlike his top-order mates Sourav Ganguly was taking it back to South Africa, relying on instinct. He was battling against adversity and thriving, like India abroad recently. But, like India, it's also dangerous to expect too much of him

05-Apr-2008•Jamie Alter in Ahmedabad

Planning and perseverance pay off

South Africa can proudly lay claim to having India's number throughout the Motera Test

05-Apr-2008•Jamie Alter in Ahmedabad

India's worst home defeat in nearly 50 years

Stats highlights from the third - and as it turned out, last - day of the Ahmedabad Test

05-Apr-2008•S Rajesh

Spinning in tandem

A statistical look at the spin pair of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh

05-Apr-2008•Mathew Varghese

Perfect execution

AB de Villiers timed his first Test double-century perfectly as he put the hosts to the sword to set up his team for a 1-0 lead

04-Apr-2008•Jamie Alter at Motera

A new high for de Villiers

Stats highlights from the second day of the Ahmedabad Test

04-Apr-2008•S Rajesh

Clueless against pace and seam

With all due respect to Dale Steyn and Co, it was India, when confronted with a something unusual for this part of the world and a bit of swing, that ran scared

03-Apr-2008•Jamie Alter in Ahmedabad

The shortest innings in the subcontinent

India's capitulation for 76 before lunch on the first day in Ahmedabad was one of their worst performances in Tests

03-Apr-2008•S Rajesh

Kumble-Harbhajan partnership touches 50

Stats preview to the second Test between India and South Africa, in Ahmedabad

02-Apr-2008•S Rajesh

Kaif's recall a reward for his dedication

By choosing Mohammad Kaif, the selectors have sent out a positive message: that performances in domestic cricket, more importantly first-class cricket, do count

30-Mar-2008•Sidharth Monga

Chennai offers perfect warm-up for visitors

South Africa didn't get a practice game prior to this series but they would have been pleasantly surprised with the generosity granted to them at the MA Chidambaram Stadium

30-Mar-2008•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Chennai

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