South Africa vs India 2018: From Pujara's runouts to Parthiv's keeping, things that went wrong for India in the second Test

#3 Pandya’s school-boy error

There is a very thin line between confidence and getting arrogance. Pandya has been backed by his captain to a great deal but he has been letting himself and the team down by either playing one shot too many or taking the game lightly and thereby committing a school-boy error.

When Kohli and Pandya were stitching together a partnership on day three, India were entertaining hopes of overtaking South Africa’s first innings total of 335. The game turned on its head when Pandya, after being sent back by Kohli, reached the crease casually and did not ground his bat inside the crease.

Ngidi’s throw hit the stumps and to everyone’s surprise, Pandya was caught napping and that opened the game for the home side.