Ahead of the first Test against South Africa at Eden Gardens, India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said the team hopes to apply lessons from last year’s home Test series loss to New Zealand. The first Test starts on Friday in Kolkata. India enters the series after a 2-0 win against West Indies at home. South Africa comes in after drawing 1-1 in Pakistan, where their spinners Keshav Maharaj, Simon Harmer and Senuran Muthusamy took 33 of the 40 Pakistani wickets. All three averaged below 22. Maharaj took a nine-wicket haul in the series, Harmer recorded a four-wicket haul and a six-wicket haul, and Muthusamy was named Player of the Series with 11 wickets in the first Test. India still remembers the home Test series loss to New Zealand last year, where Ajaz Patel (15 wickets), Mit

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