5 reasons why Team India lost at Durban

Wayward pace bowling

Ishant Sharma

Except for in the first innings of the first Test, the pace attack of India never looked threatening enough. Even in Durban, the duo of Zaheer and Shami picked up only 4 wickets between them and Ishant Sharma had to go wicketless compared to six wickets taken by Ravindra Jadeja. They failed to extract pace and bounce from the pitch unlike their South African counterparts. They were guilty of bowling too wide off the off stump hoping for a poor shot instead of attacking the stumps and making the batsman play. Except for Shami, none of the two experimented with short pitch stuff or yorkers making it easy pickings for the inform batting line-up.