South Africa vs India 2018: 5 signs that Virat's team is plagued by overconfidence

Letting crucial moments slip

Pujara's missed two golden opportunities due to his errors in judgement.

All great teams, be it the West Indies of the 70s and 80s or the Aussies in the first decade of this century, had one thing in common. Once they were on top of the game, they never gave the opposition even a sniff at a win

Even when they were a bit down, they would bounce back more often than not through sheer perseverance.

Here lies the lesson for Kohli & co: to keep striking at the wall until it breaks. Indians have been good in patches in the first two Test matches. There have been sessions in which Shami or Bumrah have raised their hand and bowled some unplayable spells. There have been one or two instances where Indian batsmen, Kohli in particular, have shown that they have the game to stick it out in hostile conditions.

The thing that has been lacking is that they haven't been consistent in their efforts. This is what has caused the opposition to seize the momentum and run away with the match eventually.