New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- Former spinner Ravichandran Ashwin criticised the Indian team's lack of fight and intent in their 2-0 Test series loss to South Africa. Ashwin pointed out Sai Sudharsan and stressed that players need to work on their technical and tactical skills.

Sudharsan played a marathon innings of 14 off 139 balls against South Africa in the fourth innings of the second Test in Guwahati. Sudharsan's innings in the fourth innings of the second Test produced only a boundary, with a strike rate of 10.07. Senuran Muthusamy removed Sudharsan.

His innings marks the second-slowest Test knock for India, featuring a minimum of 100 balls, only behind Yashpal Sharma's 13 off 157 against Australia in 1981.

"It usually happens that when s...