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 Ashwin, with 14 wickets at 11.35 runs apiece (the most by an Indian bowler in the series) and 70 runs at an average of 23.33, has been adjudged the Player of the Series for the ninth time in Tests - the most by an Indian player. He is the third to receive nine or more such awards in Tests, joining Muttiah Muralitharan (11) and Jacques Kallis (9).
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 Ashwin, with 14 wickets at 11.35 runs apiece (the most by an Indian bowler in the series) and 70 runs at an average of 23.33, has been adjudged the Player of the Series for the ninth time in Tests - the most by an Indian player. He is the third to receive nine or more such awards in Tests, joining Muttiah Muralitharan (11) and Jacques Kallis (9).
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	Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1-39) and Deepak Chahar (1-42) were expensive but India did well to stifle the Kiwis with wickets at regular intervals.		Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1-39) and Deepak Chahar (1-42) were expensive but India did well to stifle the Kiwis with wickets at regular intervals.
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		+	===India beats NZ, wins series===
		+	[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/new-zealand-in-india/2nd-test-india-beat-new-zealand-by-372-runs-for-their-biggest-ever-victory/articleshow/88135034.cms Gaurav Gupta, Dec 7, 2021: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	[[File: The six bowlers with 300-plus wickets in Tests at home, as on December 6, 2021.jpg\|The six bowlers with 300-plus wickets in Tests at home, as on December 6, 2021 <br/> From: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/new-zealand-in-india/2nd-test-india-beat-new-zealand-by-372-runs-for-their-biggest-ever-victory/articleshow/88135034.cms Gaurav Gupta, Dec 7, 2021: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	MUMBAI: In the end, all it took was 43 minutes for India to polish off the remaining five Kiwi wickets on the morning of Day Four at the Wankhede Stadium and record a 'Himalayan' 372-run win- their biggest-ever (in terms of runs) in Test cricket. Finished as a contest once India skittled out New Zealand for 62 in merely 29.5 overs on Day Two, the second Test stretched for a while more than it should have, purely because skipper Virat Kohli didn't enforce the follow on.
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		+	The only surprise at Wankhede was Kiwi left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel not winning the Man of the Match award despite his incredible 'perfect 10' in India's first innings, with the adjudicators preferring Mayank Agarwal, who cracked a match-defining 150 in the first innings and then hit 62 in the second dig, for the honour instead.
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		+	The humongous Test win, and the 1-0 series triumph, was sweet revenge for India over an opponent which beat them in the final of the World Test Championship in Southampton by eight wickets in completely different conditions six months earlier.
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		+	After clinching this home series 1-0, they regained their No. 1 ranking in Tests on Monday, and now stand third on the WTC table, with 58.33 percentage points, while New Zealand have slipped to the sixth spot. It would be interesting to see how that position changes after both the teams are done with their next assignments - India tour South Africa, while the Kiwis host Bangladesh.
		+	India thus ended New Zealand's 10-match unbeaten streak in Tests stretching back to February 2020 and have now not lost a Test series at home since 2012.
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		+	The man who fittingly took the last wicket was R Ashwin, as the classy off-spinner became only the second India bowler after leg-spin great Anil Kumble to take 300 wickets at home.
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		+	Racing to another eight-wicket haul at the cost of just 42 runs (4-8 & 4-34), Ashwin stamped his complete dominance at Wankhede once more - he now has 38 wickets in five Tests@18.42 at one of his favourite hunting grounds. While he terminated the farcical proceedings by foxing Henry Nicholls (44), who was brilliantly stumped by Wriddhiman Saha off one that turned and bounced as usual, it was Jayant Yadav's morning as he got the first four in quick succession.
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		+	Like Ashwin, Yadav too bagged four wickets to bulldoze the Kiwis for 167. Despite having played his last First-Class game as long back as February 2020, Yadav was on the ball, demolishing New Zealand's tail with efficiency.
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		+	For a while, Rachin Ravindra, who had held fort with Ajaz Patel to save the first Test at Kanpur when the visitors had just one wicket was left, again looked solid, before Yadav's well-flighted delivery saw the left-hander edge the ball to Cheteshwar Pujara at second slip. A sharp, turning delivery from the off-spinner had Kyle Jamieson trapped lbw, before Southee, who bagged a 'pair' in this game, danced down the track only to miss the ball completely and be bowled. William Somerville was caught by Mayank Agarwal at short leg.
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		+	Jayant Yadav, who was playing only in his fifth Test, would perhaps love to carry a piece of the Wankhede turf in his pocket. Five years back, he cracked 104 and added 241 for the eighth wicket with Kohli, and this time he took 1-13 & 4-49.
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		+	Without skipper Kane Williamson, whose injured elbow forced him to miss this game, New Zealand's batting in this Test lacked pedigree and folded up like a pack of cards on a spinner-friendly wicket.
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		+	''' RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN IN DISTINGUISHED COMPANY '''
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		+	With Henry Nicholls' wicket, R Ashwin became the second Indian bowler after Anil Kumble and the sixth overall to complete 300 wickets or more in Tests at home. With 66 wickets at 15.43 runs apiece in just nine Tests, he is the leading wicket-taker in India-NZ contests, bettering Richard Hadlee's tally of 65 at 22.96 runs apiece in 14 Tests.
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		+	With 52 wickets at 16.23 runs apiece in just eight Tests, Ashwin remains the only bowler to complete 50 wickets or more in Tests this year.
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		+	Ashwin, with 14 wickets at 11.35 runs apiece (the most by an Indian bowler in the series) and 70 runs at an average of 23.33, has been adjudged the Player of the Series for the ninth time in Tests - the most by an Indian player. He is the third to receive nine or more such awards in Tests, joining Muttiah Muralitharan (11) and Jacques Kallis (9).
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-[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=22_01_2022_022_010_cap_TOI  Gaurav Gupta, January 2022: ''The Times of India'']
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 How dominant the left-hander was in his 115-run stand with Rahul can be gauged by the fact that when the stand reached 100, Pant’s contribution was a grand 74!
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	How dominant the left-hander was in his 115-run stand with Rahul can be gauged by the fact that when the stand reached 100, Pant’s contribution was a grand 74!		How dominant the left-hander was in his 115-run stand with Rahul can be gauged by the fact that when the stand reached 100, Pant’s contribution was a grand 74!
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		+	=== India loses Cape Town ODI; series 0-3===
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=24_01_2022_021_013_cap_TOI Hindol Basu, January 22, 2022: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	[[File: Scoreboard, South Africa vs India, ODI- Cape Town, 2022.jpg\|Scoreboard, South Africa vs India, ODI- Cape Town, 2022 <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=24_01_2022_021_013_cap_TOI Hindol Basu, January 22, 2022: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	Quinton de Kock may have quit Test cricket in a huff, and his batting in the first ODI seemed to have been affected by the sudden exit, but all that changed in the second ODI. An attacking 66-ball 78 brought de Kock back on track. The 29-year-old continued his form in the final one-dayer in Cape Town, smashing his sixth century against India and 17th overall.
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		+	De Kock’s sublime 124 (off 130b; 12x4, 2x6) laid the platform for South Africa’s eventual total of 287, which proved to be four runs more than what India could manage. The win meant a 3-0 clean sweep of KL Rahul and Co.
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		+	At one stage, things looked grim for India but Deepak Chahar (54 off 34b; 5x4, 2x6) and Jasprit Bumrah almost pulled it off with an exhilarating 55-run partnership. Chahar brought India back to life from an almost dead situation with some daredevil strokeplay, after the team was staring at defeat at 223/7. Chahar, for the second time in his short international career, showed his genuine batting ability and almost got India home. But a miscue off Lungi Ngidi in the 48th over ended his stay at the crease and India’s chase came unstuck in the ensuing overs.
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		+	Along with Shardul, Chahar has thrown his hat into the allrounder’s cauldron that Team India is looking for. Before Chahar’s heroics, Shikhar Dhawan (61 off 73b; 5x4, 1x6) carried on his good form, and in the company of Virat Kohli (65 off 84b; 5x4) added 98 runs for the second wicket, which raised India’s chances of a win. But a double strike in the 23rd over by Andile Phehlukwayo, which saw Dhawan and Rishabh Pant return to the pavilion, derailed India’s chase. Kohli getting out tamely off Keshav Maharaj’s bowling a few overs later further reduced the odds.
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		+	De Kock averages 63. 31 against India in ODIs, and Sunday was a testimony to why he loves the Indian attack. He first negotiated the new ball when Deepak Chahar and Jasprit Bumrah were in their elements. As the ball stopped swinging, de Kock went on the offensive. There were rasping cover drives, disdainful pull shots and a ferocious slog sweep.
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		+	Chahar, who had dismissed de Kock’s opening partner Janneman Malan with a beautiful out-swinger and then got the better of Aiden Markram, was given a hiding in his second spell. Prasidh Krishna and off-spinner Jayant Yadav were not spared the rod either.
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		+	Despite his team losing three wickets with just 70 runs on the board, de Kock kept upping the ante and found an able partner in Rassie van der Dussen (52 off 59b; 4x4, 1x6). The pair added 144 runs for the fourth wicket and got South Africa into the pole position during the middle overs. Just like the first two ODIs, Indian spinners were ineffective — neither picked wickets nor could keep a check on the run flow.
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		+	Unlike the 2018 South Africa tour, when he had Kuldeep Yadav for company at the other end, Yuzvendra Chahal couldn’t prise open the Proteas batsmen.Bumrah had de Kock holing out at the deep square leg fence, and it made sure South Africa didn’t cross 300. Van der Dussen and Andile Phehlukwayo also didn’t last long and South Africa slumped to 228/6. But David Miller 39 (38b; 3x4, 1x6) and Dwaine Pretorius 20 ( 25b) took South Africa past 280.
		+	It proved just enough.

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	PAARL (South Africa): India opener Shikhar Dhawan on Wednesday rued the middle-order collapse after the team's loss to South Africa in the first ODI.		PAARL (South Africa): India opener Shikhar Dhawan on Wednesday rued the middle-order collapse after the team's loss to South Africa in the first ODI.
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		+	===India loses Paarl ODI and series===
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=22_01_2022_022_010_cap_TOI Gaurav Gupta, January 2022: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	[[File: Scoreboard, South Africa vs. India- ODI- Paarl, 2022.jpg\|Scoreboard, South Africa vs. India: ODI- Paarl, 2022 <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=22_01_2022_022_010_cap_TOI Gaurav Gupta, January 2022: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	This has certainly turned out to be one of India’s worst overseas tours in recent times. They put in a slightly better show with the bat, but were again pathetic and listless with the ball, as they went down to a dominant South Africa by seven wickets in the second ODI at Boland Park in Paarl.
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		+	The defeat which made the scoreline 2-0 in the favour of the Proteas, saw them lose the ODI series with the final game still left to be played in Cape Town on Sunday. Coming on the back of the 2-1 loss in the Test series to the hosts, this hugely disappointing result marks another low for new India coach Rahul Dravid in his first overseas assignment.
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		+	Choosing to bat after winning the toss, India lost ‘former captain’ Virat Kohli for a rare ODI duck, but f inished at 287 for six thanks to a blazing knock by Rishabh Pant (85, 71b, 10zx4, 2x6), a ‘calm’ 55 by standin captain KL Rahul (55, 79b, 4x4), and a fine rearguard, 48-run unbeaten seventh wicket stand between Shardul Thakur (40 not out, 38b, 3x4, 1x6) and Ravichandran Ashwin (25 not out, 24b, 1x4, 1x6).
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		+	Still, with Pant having got out at the wrong time, holing out to wide long on when in sight of a century, in the 33rd over, India finished around 30-odd runs short, especially considering their bowling woes.
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		+	Chasing 297, the Proteas were provided a perfect start by openers Janneman Malan (91, 108b, 8x4, 1x6) and Quinton de Kock (78, 66b, 7x4, 3x6), who added 132 in as many balls for the first wicket.
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		+	After de Kock, who punished the Indian bowlers at will, was out lbw while trying to flick a full toss f rom Shardul Thakur, Malan added 80 off 76 balls for the second wicket with the in-form Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma (35, 36b, 3x4) to keep up the momentum.
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		+	Jasprit Bumrah trapped Malan with an off-cutter, and Bavuma was out caught and bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal, but Aiden Markram (37 not out, 41b, 4x4) and Rassie van der Dussen (37 not out, 38b, 2x4) — who scored a hundred in the last game — finished the job for South Africa with little fuss, adding 74* for the fourth wicket in 75 balls to take them home in the final over.
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		+	While almost all the bowlers appeared to be just going through the motions, the worst of the lot were the most ‘experienced’ of them — seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0-67 in 10 overs) and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (0-68 in 10 overs).
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		+	The only thing positive for India from the match was provided by Pant, who cracked his career-best score in ODIs. His knock reflected the growth of a batsman who has been repeatedly criticized for his playing the wrong shot at the wrong time.
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		+	Pant started off on an edgy note, edging the first ball that he faced, which luckily fell in front of slip, as he came down the track to Keshav Maharaj. When he was batting on 3, he was involved in a horrible mix-up with Rahul, which saw both batsmen at the same end. While he was fortunate to survive as Maharaj failed to collect the throw at the non-striker’s end, Pant did invite a glare from Rahul.
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		+	He did well though to put these glitches behind quickly, beginning his familiar ‘entertainment pack- age,’ which included 10 fours and two sixes, by slog-sweeping Maharaj for a six over deep mid-wicket. With Rahul struggling to increase the pace, it was the left-hander who broke the shackles of the spinners.
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		+	How dominant the left-hander was in his 115-run stand with Rahul can be gauged by the fact that when the stand reached 100, Pant’s contribution was a grand 74!

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 And finally when the winning runs came off Elgar's bat to make the series 1-1, there was probably a sense of happiness for all cricket fans. South African cricket, after all, is well and truly alive.
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 [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/india-in-south-africa/india-vs-south-africa-india-fail-to-conquer-final-frontier-as-south-africa-clinch-series-2-1/articleshow/88908713.cms  K ShriniwasRao, January 15, 2022: ''The Times of India'']
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 A question that’ll be asked for long moving ahead is if India’s pace attack had lacked bite in the second and third Test. It did not lack the bite as much as it lacked precision over a sustained period of time. It is perhaps the only difference that remained between how South Africa bowled, vis-à-vis their opponents. “The right areas,” as bowling coach Paras Mhambrey had underlined after the third day’s play, were missed and Kohli admitted after the Test.
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+[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/india-in-south-africa/india-vs-south-africa-shikhar-dhawan-rues-middle-order-collapse-after-loss-to-south-africa/articleshow/89008971.cms  January 20, 2022: ''The Times of India'']
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