Match Analysis

Sustained pressure helps India break pattern

India's tendency to lose while defending big totals in good batting conditions was halted in Kanpur because of small changes at crucial junctures

30-Oct-2017•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Iyer dismantles Ashwin's best-laid plans

Over the course of his 124-ball 138 against Tamil Nadu, India's hottest young batsman took apart the world's best offspinner with a sumptuous combination of skill and calculation

27-Oct-2017•Arun Venugopal at the Bandra-Kurla Complex

NZ stifled by Bhuvneshwar's quietly effective brilliance

Bhuvneshwar Kumar's variations and control gave India wickets at key times, and highlighted his own growth as the leader of India's pace pack

26-Oct-2017•Vishal Dikshit in Pune

How India got the better of Latham

Aakash Chopra also throws the spotlight on Colin de Grandhomme's intent against spin, and India's rolling No. 4 spot

25-Oct-2017•Aakash Chopra

Latham sweeps in to begin new role in style

New Zealand have brought a reshuffled batting order to India and at the first time of asking they produced a memorable chase to defy the Mumbai heat

22-Oct-2017•Vishal Dikshit at Wankhede Stadium

Rohit's left-arm problem

Is Kedar Jadhav hampered by a short front-foot stride, is Virat Kohli a touch too inflexible with his bowling changes, and what makes Tom Latham so good against spin?

22-Oct-2017•Aakash Chopra

India's seven-batsman army didn't work

Aakash Chopra on the talking points from Australia's victory in the second T20 international in Guwahati

11-Oct-2017•Aakash Chopra

Understudy's understudy takes centre stage

Dilruwan Perera might have missed out on selection but instead stepped forward to give Sri Lanka balance and options - and a famous series win

10-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

How Pakistan's winning streak screeched to a halt

Pakistan's invincibility in the UAE came crashing down, but the symptoms had appeared earlier - they've now lost nine of their last 11 Tests

10-Oct-2017•Danyal Rasool

The 5467-day wait to beat Pakistan in UAE

Fifteen years, 5467 days on, Pakistan suffered a Test series defeat in the UAE at the hands of Sri Lanka, who pulled off a feat beyond Australia, South Africa and England

10-Oct-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

How Sri Lanka's fast bowlers have outdone Pakistan's

For the work they have put in against the heat, and the helpless pitches, Suranga Lakmal and Nuwan Pradeep deserve much praise

09-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin

Du Plessis impressed by Olivier's 'incredible effort'

South Africa will have tougher tests to come, but they wanted to learn more about their support pace bowling and Duanne Olivier took his chance well

08-Oct-2017•Firdose Moonda

Finch, Maxwell and a bad romance

Australia's batsmen have spoken a lot about having a gameplan to deal with India's spinners. On Saturday, they were undone by sticking to them so rigidly that they forgot to think on their feet

08-Oct-2017•Arun Venugopal in Ranchi

Bhuvneshwar outwits Warner, and Maxwell's legspin problem

Aakash Chopra takes a closer look at how some of the key moments and player match-ups panned out in the first T20I in Ranchi

07-Oct-2017•Aakash Chopra

'Tired' Yasir not interested in records

Yasir Shah has continued to be play the role of both workhorse as well as strike bowler ever since Pakistan started playing three fast bowlers more often

07-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Abu Dhabi

Inside the heart of a Karunaratne classic

Being excluded from the ODI squad seemed not to bother the Sri Lanka opener, as he scored his seventh Test hundred to give his team control of the innings

07-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

Memory of Amir clouds the new reality

The world has waited for the spells of 2010 from Mohammad Amir but - for a host of reasons - they have failed to really materialise. However, all is not lost

06-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

Fear ruling Mushfiqur's mind

Bangladesh's captain didn't learn from his mistakes from the opening Test and the team's development overseas will continue to be hampered without braver decision making

06-Oct-2017•Firdose Moonda

Mustafizur stands out amid Bangladesh pace woes

Bangladesh's fast bowlers struggled, managing only five wickets over 108 overs in the first Test; only one of them went out of his way to try and break the cycle

03-Oct-2017•Mohammad Isam

The truth about Rangaiyya

To the rest of the world, Rangana Herath is a lovable teddy bear of a slow left-armer. To Pakistan, he's a mean-ass, conniving devil who has taunted and harassed them for over a decade

03-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Abu Dhabi

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