Ravindra Jadeja

Axar avoided it while making 74 crucial runs for India; Jadeja benefited from Australia's overuse of it to finish with a match haul of ten wickets

The numbers that matter as Australia collapse to hand India a 2-0 lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

In an effort to be proactive and brave, they're playing the man instead of the ball, and facing a series sweep as a result

The India captain says he told his spinners at the start of day three to "keep it tight, and let the batters make the mistake"

Shami, Ashwin and Jadeja shared the wickets in Delhi where the Test is evenly poised

Spin will likely dominate again and the visitors need to keep Ashwin and Jadeja at bay much longer than they managed in Nagpur

Gudakesh Motie, the star of West Indies' win in the second Test in Zimbabwe, rises 77 places in the bowlers' rankings

And how often have both captains produced double-centuries in a first-class cricket match?

The Nagpur Test against Australia was the most recent example of India's lower-order scoring invaluable runs to win the game

"When you have the quality of Axar, Jadeja and Ash, it's always a blessing as they never disappoint"

Jadeja fined 25% of his Nagpur Test match fee and handed a demerit point

Australia crumbled to their second-lowest total against India in 32.3 overs on the third day

India finished day two with a significant lead of 144, despite a five-for from Australia debutant Todd Murphy

Jadeja and Rohit met with match-referee Pycroft to clarify visuals of spinner rubbing a substance on his bowling finger

He is tireless and accurate, but there are other layers to his bowling as well, which perhaps aren't as clearly discernible

India take day one honours after Australia bowled out for 177 in 63.5 overs

Charges of pitch doctoring, and rebuttals to those charges, are dominating the discussion on the eve of the first Border-Gavaskar Test

India spinner talks about his recovery from a serious knee injury last August that eventually needed surgery

A look at some of the head-to-head contests that could decide who wins the Border-Gavaskar Trophy