India vs South Africa: First Test - Five Talking Points

Pujara continued his impressive comeback to the sideRavindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took eight wickets apiece on a pitch that was offering plenty of assistance to the spinners to seal a comprehensive 108-run victory over South Africa on day three of the first Test of the Freedom Series in Mohali.After winning the toss and choosing to bat, India were bundled out for 201 with Murali Vijay scoring the only fifty of the innings. But Ashwin's five-fer ensured that the hosts took a narrow 17-run lead on the second morning.A batting collapse on the third morning meant that South Africa were left to chase 218 for victory, when it looked at one point as it would be much more than that. But even that proved to be too much for the Proteas, who were bundled out for 109 thanks to Jadeja's five-fer.Here are the major talking points from the game.

#1 Jadeja steals the show on his comeback

Jadeja returns in style

When you have been out of the Test side for more than a year, as Ravindra Jadeja has, the first thing you want to do when you return, is to show the side just how much you have improved and worked on your game.

A Man of the Match performance, that included a crucial 38 with the bat in the first innings, followed by a match-winning five-wicket haul in the second innings to finish with eight wickets and two catches in the match is about as much as he could have hoped to have done to help his side take a 1-0 lead in the series.

Instead of sulking or cursing his luck about being dropped from all formats, Jadeja has put in the hard yards. Especially, in the domestic circuit, where he is this season's leading wicket-taker in Ranji Trophy with 38 wickets in four matches, and has reaped the rewards on his comeback to the Indian side.