India's young batters need more time to gain red-ball experience, coach Gautam Gambhir said after his team suffered their heaviest loss by runs in test cricket as South Africa earned a 408-run win in Guwahati on Wednesday to sweep the series 2-0.

The retirement of greats like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin, and the subsequent haphazard path forward devised by Gambhir, is drawing heavy scrutiny. So too is a batting malaise that Ashwin says ranks India, inexplicably, as one of the world’s worst teams at playing spin bowling.

India suffered a record 408-run defeat to South Africa, completing a 2-0 series whitewash and sparking widespread criticism. Head coach Gautam Gambhir

Big-name former cricketers like Kevin Pietersen, Anil Kumble and Venkatesh Prasad have criticised various aspects of India's performance and team selection after they suffered a crushing 408-run loss

Marco Jansen took 6-48 in a dominating display to help South Africa to a 314-run lead over India in the second cricket test on Monday. India was limited to 201 runs in its first-innings response to South Africa’s 489 on day three.

India have slipped to the fifth spot in the World Test Championship 2027 points table. South Africa whitewashed India 2-0 in Guwahati

South Africa completed a historic 2-0 series sweep over India with a record-breaking 408-run win in the second Test. After the Guwahati match, stand-in India captain Rishabh Pant conceded that they must regroup,

Former captain Kris Srikkanth made a sarcastic suggestion after India suffered a huge defeat in the second Test against South Africa.