South Africa took three wickets in the first session on the second day of the first cricket test against India, leaving the hosts on 138-4 at Eden Gardens.

India's recent home Test losses stem from young, inexperienced batters and overly spin-friendly pitches. Aakash Chopra argues extreme surfaces, not technique, narrow the gap between teams and magnify India's inexperience,

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India's Jasprit Bumrah has picked up his 16th five-wicket haul to help skittle South Africa out for a paltry 159 on the opening day of the first cricket test.

India need to put the right players in the right positions. If Washington Sundar is to stay at No. 3 then the middle order needs to be stronger especially if Shubman Gill does not play. The likes of Dhruv Jurel and Rishabh Pant need to step up.

Manoj Tiwary opined that both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had no plans for retiring from Test cricket, but they were forced to bid farewell to the format due to the bad environment in the team. Find out more,

While players are against spreading out Tests to too many centres, lack of planning may be more responsible for India losing the edge at home

Temba Bavuma's South Africa are aiming for their first Test series victory in India in 25 years when the second match starts on Saturday in Guwahati.