South Africa vs India 2018: 5 areas of concern for India ahead of 2nd Test

Inability to convert starts

The Indian batting line-up is a solid example of 'equitable distribution', the runs were spread across nicely among the batsmen, the issue being that the runs themselves were humiliatingly few.

If one takes out Hardik Pandya's enterprising 93, five batsmen in the first innings, and six in the second, managed to get into two digits, but none could go past even 40. It shows how desperately the Indian batsmen need to sustain their starts and stick around for much more substantial contributions.

In the first innings, Dhawan and Pujara, and later Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin got starts, but departed at the most crucial of junctures, derailing India's innings completely. There was no initiative from any of the batsmen to hold the innings and anchor it, with each batsman fighting his own battle for survival.

In the second innings, with a tricky chase on, four of the top five batsmen got into double figures, but as Kohli said in the post-match conference, 'we needed someone to score 75-80'.