Each batsman in this team is given the liberty to find a way of playing that will allow them to score runs in a variety of conditions. When they do the job, especially the top order, it allows the captain to put pressure on the opposition and gives the bowlers a chance to get to work. That never happened in this Test. Trailing by 163, India began as poorly as possible. Rohit Sharma lined up a delivery that was slanted into him by Rabada and shaped to play to the on side, only for the ball to move away a touch after pitching and take out the off stump.
