While the cricket fraternity has been busy debating whether India’s batters have forgotten the art of playing spin, it appears the bowlers may have misplaced something too — the willingness to grind and work hard for wickets on pitches that aren’t home dustbowls. India paid the price for being timid and reactive, both with the ball and in their tactics, as South Africa piled on a commanding 489 in the first innings.

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South Africa made the Indian bowlers toil for 151.1 overs — nearly ten overs longer than the entire first Ashes Test in Perth. All-rounder Senuran Muthusamy, 31, struck his maiden Test hundred, while lower-order batter Marco Jansen smashed a career-best 93.

The last four South African wickets added a massive 242 runs, as

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