India vs South Africa: We don't think of what-ifs, Virat Kohli takes Newlands defeat on the chin
After the visitors lost the opening Test by 72 runs to South Africa at Newlands at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on Monday, India skipper Virat Kohli underlined the importance of having big partnerships.
Jan 08, 2018, 21:34 PM IST
India vs South Africa, 1st Test: The Jasprit Bumrah 'snorter' that removed Faf du Plessis - Watch
Jasprit Bumrah's Test debut at Newlands got better and lethal on Monday as the Indian pacer bowled an almost unplayable spell of 3/39.
Jan 08, 2018, 16:52 PM IST
India in South Africa, 1st Test: Wriddhiman Saha becomes first Indian wicketkeeper to effect 10 dismissals in a Test
When Saha took a simple catch off the bat of Morne Morkel, what was the ninth wicket of the South African innings, he overtook Mahendra Singh Dhoni's previous record of nine dismissals. Dhoni had achieved that in the Melbourne Test in Australia during the 2014-15 series.
Jan 08, 2018, 16:28 PM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 1st Test, Day 4: India crash to a 72-run defeat after Vernon Philander's six-for
South Africa (286 and 130) beat India (209 and 135) by 72 runs on the fourth day.
Jan 08, 2018, 13:24 PM IST
Virender Sehwag sends 'Monday Motivation' to Team India in South Africa
Team India are behind South Africa in the first Test even as rain washed out the entire third day's play, and in case Virat Kohli's boys seek some 'Monday Motivation' for day four, they don't have to look much further than Virender Sehwag's latest tweet.
Jan 07, 2018, 20:49 PM IST
India vs South Africa, 1st Test: Day 3 washed out without a single ball being bowled
The third day of the first Test between South Africa and India at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday was washed out without a single ball being bowled.
Jan 07, 2018, 19:43 PM IST
Newlands knock could be the real making of Hardik Pandya
The way Pandya batted, it was clear he had taken his lessons from the failure of the team's much more established batsmen.
Jan 07, 2018, 17:38 PM IST
India vs South Africa, 1st Test: Rain washes out Day 3 without a single ball
South Africa currently lead by 142 runs, and the Indians will have to bowl really well to nullify their advantage.
Jan 07, 2018, 13:53 PM IST
Injured Dale Steyn ruled out of Test series against India
South Africa were dealt a major blow after their seniormost pacer Dale Steyn was ruled out for the remainder of three-match Test series against India after damaging a tissue on his left heel during the second day of the opening Test.
Jan 06, 2018, 22:27 PM IST
India in South Africa, 1st Test: All-round Hardik Pandya shines but SA 142 runs ahead on Day 2
Pandya scored 93 in India's 209 and then took two late wickets to restrict the hosts to 65/2; however, South Africa's lead reached a healthy 142 by stumps.
Jan 06, 2018, 21:58 PM IST
India in South Africa: Twitter roasts Rohit Sharma after his 59-ball 11 in Newlands Test
Rohit had a chance to silence his critics, some of whom even call him a 'flat-track bully', by scoring on a seaming overseas track against SA in Newlands. But it didn't happen.
Jan 06, 2018, 15:56 PM IST
India vs South Africa, 1st Test, Day 2 Highlights: Hardik Pandya heroics revive India but SA 142 runs ahead
South Africa scored 286 in their first innings and then bowled India out for 209 on day two to take a 77-run lead in the first innings.
Jan 06, 2018, 14:00 PM IST
India vs South Africa, 1st Test: Dale Steyn returns, proves he has lost none of his pace
Steyn took his career tally to 418 wickets, three behind South African record-holder Shaun Pollock, as India were reduced to 28 for three at the close having bowled out the hosts for 286 on a spicy wicket offering bounce and some sideways movement.
Jan 06, 2018, 11:22 AM IST
India vs South Africa, 1st Test: Bhuvneshwar Kumar predicts rough days ahead for India
The Meerut-born pacer (4/87) starred with the cherry in the morning session, ripping through the South African top order after the Proteas won the toss and elected to bat.
Jan 06, 2018, 10:47 AM IST
India vs South Africa, 1st Test: SA score 286, come back to reduce India to 26/3 on Day 1
South Africa will feel themselves in the ascendancy after India finished the opening day of the first Test in Newlands on 28/3 in their reply to the hosts' 286 on Friday.
Jan 05, 2018, 21:48 PM IST
India in South Africa: Virat Kohli leaves out Ajinkya Rahane for first Test, Twitter in disbelief
In an unexpected team selection for the opening Test in South Africa, the Indian think-tank of captain Kohli and chief coach Shastri left vice-captain and middle-order batsman Rahane out of the eleven.
Jan 05, 2018, 17:28 PM IST
India in South Africa, 1st Test: It's the pitch we wanted, says Faf du Plessis
After several days of hot weather, the pitch for the first Test starting Friday in Newlands looked less green than it was when the South Africans assembled on Tuesday but still with a good covering of grass.
Jan 04, 2018, 17:46 PM IST
India in South Africa, 1st Test: Virat Kohli's men need to keep their wits about them in bad times
How the Indian players motivate themselves when the chips are down will decide whether or not India claim their first Test series win in South Africa.
Jan 04, 2018, 17:00 PM IST
'Rough it up' - Sachin Tendulkar's surprise advice to Indian pacers in South Africa
South Africa is not known for producing spin-friendly tracks and that's why Sachin Tendulkar wants Indian pacers to create "enough rough" on the Newlands pitch for R Ashwin, something that Zaheer Khan did for Harbhajan Singh in 2010-11.
Jan 04, 2018, 16:34 PM IST
India can make winning a habit by conquering South Africa
India's status as the world's No. 1 Test team will face a fierce examination when they come up against second-ranked South Africa in a three-Test series that starts at Newlands on Friday.
Jan 04, 2018, 12:04 PM IST
