The good news is the team management has enough time on hand to think through the defeat and to find answers to the questions Adelaide has thrown up, around both its batting and bowling before the next test begins.
India did not respect the match situation, the playing conditions, and the bowlers, and they've paid a price for it.
At the end of the first day of play, it is the home side that is firmly in control, and India that is now reduced to chasing the game.
Prem Panicker previews the day-night Test at Adelaide.
'Maharashtra is virtually in a debt trap.'
Allu Arjun broke the myth that dubbed South movies don't do well at the pan-Indian box office, and became a brand.
'What is the harm in having more polling booths?'
'We accept EVMs cannot be hacked because it is not connected, but can they be manipulated?' 'Are you allowing us to check if EVMs can be manipulated?'
'This is leading to anarchy.'
Here's Prem Panicker's unique take on all the action from the fourth day of the 2024-2025 Border Gavaskar series.
'There are 7,000 guns which are in the hands of the armed militia of the Kuki and Meitei communities.'
Here's Prem Panicker's unique take on all the action from the third day of the 2024-2025 Border Gavaskar series.
'Party workers sit outside polling booths and they know everything that is happening.' 'Besides, as a voter when you push the EVM button to vote there is a paper slip that comes out showing you who you voted for.'
Prem Panicker returns to his home ground -- Rediff.com -- for the Border Gavaskar Trophy series.
Here's Prem Panicker's unique take on all the action from the opening day of the 2024-2025 Border Gavaskar series.
Here's Prem Panicker's unique take on all the action from the second day of the 2024-2025 Border Gavaskar series.
'Pro-incumbency worked big time for the ruling party.' 'It has never happened in the past of pro-incumbency working so much for the ruling party.'
'Maharashtra election result is a chamatkar of EVM.' 'There has been a sudden one percent rise in the voting percentage after the counting day.' 'This is what made the difference to the election results.' 'How did this vote percentage increase after counting day?
'If someone fiddles us on our religion then we will pay back five times more to that person. We have proved that time and again.'
'The reason I am not anxious about the opponent facing me in the front (Ajit Pawar) is because of who is standing behind me like a rock (Sharad Pawar).'