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IND vs SA 3rd Test Preview, Live score: With rain having washed out all but one day of the Bangalore Test, India will now be keen to get back to their winning ways at Nagpur. The pitch at the Vidarbha Cricket Stadium is expected to be another turner, and India will look up to their spinners to do a majority of the damage again.

ICC Rankings released on Wednesday following the conclusion of the Bengaluru and Perth Tests. Ravindra Jadeja achieved a career-best ranking of 13th, jumping eight places in the latest ICC Test bowlers rankings.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja once again starred with the ball, claiming eight wickets between them as South Africa were bowled out for a mere 214 on day one.

On a long tour, teams go through varied phases, and you never quite know when the tide has turned the other way. South Africa would be experiencing something similar in the build-up to Bangalore Test

That the Mohali Test was going to last under three days was almost a foregone conclusion after the opening day’s play. What remained to be seen was which team had the resources to exploit the conditions

South Africa defeated India 3-2 in the recently concluded one-day series. Here’s a look at some of the best performers from the series, not surprisingly, most of them being from South Africa

The decider at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai between India and South Africa on Sunday was expected to be a close contest looking at how the previous matches had unveiled.

Going into the decider at Wankhede, no team in the series had won games chasing. And so, when AB de Villiers won the toss, and decided to bat, it wasn’t a great omen for MS Dhoni

Following India’s impressive win at Chennai a couple of days ago, the teams will now go into the fifth and final ODI at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Sunday with everything to play for