India vs South Africa, 2015: Specials

In a generation that has crowds baying for fours and sixes every other ball, it is particularly impressive that the art of the graft does have torch-bearers still

South Africa would rue the fact that they couldn't produce the efforts earlier, while India might be wondering if they indeed needed a clear home advantage

The countdown to the flight back home must be playing Proteas' minds as well

He had a forgettable Test debut at Feroz Shah Kotla and 21 Tests later, he was back to the same scene, on the same ground and came to India's rescue

A game of 'foot tennis', a healthy round of banter, felicitation and Test match action - AB de Villiers is at the centre of it all

Ravichandran Ashwin is currently enjoying that little space famously known as the 'zone' in cricket

Despite the preparations and stature, South Africa are not comfortable seeing themselves as favourites.

A two-day game might not be the best practice ahead of a gruelling Test series but, for South Africa, it offered the only chance to get into the groove of playing the longer format.

Just when Ajinkya Rahane seemed to have settled arguments about his slot in the line-up, it was thrown open after the third ODI.

For someone who has slammed 22 centuries in 162 ODIs, the 26-year-old Virat Kohli is averaging 29.92 in ODIs this year.