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IND vs SA 1st TEST, IND vs SA 2023-24
IND 245(67.4)
131-1034.1
South Africa won by an innings and 32 runs 🏆
408(108.4)
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That's it from the one-sided Boxing Day Test from Centurion, South Africa, with a famous win without their regular skipper Temba Bavuma. Ninaad Dixit here signing off on behalf of my co-commentator AkshayaKrishna Polya and scorer/analyst Yogesh Kumar. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world.
The left-arm pacers (Marco Jansen and Nandre Burger) picked 11 wickets in the match, which is the joint-most in a Test for South Africa, equalling the Cape Town Test against England, which happened 100 years ago in January 1923.
-India's 1st innings defeat under Rohit Sharma
-India's 1st innings defeat since the start of 2015
-India's 1st innings defeat against South Africa since January 2011
-India's 1st innings defeat since the start of 2015
-India's 1st innings defeat against South Africa since January 2011
India have lost the last five Test matches played in the SENA countries.
Dean Elgar (Player of the Match and South Africa Stand-in Captain): "Pretty special for me. I am gonna cry but I will smile and enjoy the moment. Contributing to this team is the big deal. The guys did really well. Massive effort.
The wicket was quite juicy. You need to simplify everything. The game is very complex when you want to complicate things. You always got one ball with your name written on it. Few good partnerships with Tony, Bedingham and Marco.
You just need your guys to be firing to take 20 wickets. Rabada and Nandre were amazing. Burger is a shining light and lantern of South African cricket. You need to bowl in the right areas to get the reward. I think its one of the most amazing performances from the guys.
Thanks to the crowd for being here. Its been amazing. I am leaving on a very good note here.
Playing in a 2- match series you can't win the series if you don't win the first game. We have won this and know the Indian side quite well. We are very mindful about Cape Town. They are going to bounce back for sure. Going to Cape Town is a big one for us."
The wicket was quite juicy. You need to simplify everything. The game is very complex when you want to complicate things. You always got one ball with your name written on it. Few good partnerships with Tony, Bedingham and Marco.
You just need your guys to be firing to take 20 wickets. Rabada and Nandre were amazing. Burger is a shining light and lantern of South African cricket. You need to bowl in the right areas to get the reward. I think its one of the most amazing performances from the guys.
Thanks to the crowd for being here. Its been amazing. I am leaving on a very good note here.
Playing in a 2- match series you can't win the series if you don't win the first game. We have won this and know the Indian side quite well. We are very mindful about Cape Town. They are going to bounce back for sure. Going to Cape Town is a big one for us."
Dean Elgar is the player of the match.
Rohit Sharma (India Captain): "Ahh... Honestly, look, we didn't do well in this Test. We did fight back, with KL Rahul playing wonderfully to post a competitive total on the board. But then we didn't exploit the conditions with the ball and then again didn't show up today with the bat. Again we failed to apply ourselves and failed to bat well. Virat Kohli played brilliantly, but, as I said, we didn't bat well. If you need to win Tests away, you need to bat well.
Guys have come here before, we know what to expect, and everyone has their own plan. Our batters were challenged, and we didn't adapt well. This is a boundary-scoring ground; we saw them score many, but we need to understand the opposition and their strengths as well.
We didn't bat well on both occasions, and that is why we are standing here. There are a few positives but not much. A Test match finishes in less than 3 days, and you really don't get many positives from it. But, as I said, KL showed what we need to do on this sort of pitch.
Our bowlers, a lot of these guys, haven't been here before, so I don't want to be too critical. Important for us to regroup, we go through these times as sportsmen and we need to be ready for the next Test now."
Guys have come here before, we know what to expect, and everyone has their own plan. Our batters were challenged, and we didn't adapt well. This is a boundary-scoring ground; we saw them score many, but we need to understand the opposition and their strengths as well.
We didn't bat well on both occasions, and that is why we are standing here. There are a few positives but not much. A Test match finishes in less than 3 days, and you really don't get many positives from it. But, as I said, KL showed what we need to do on this sort of pitch.
Our bowlers, a lot of these guys, haven't been here before, so I don't want to be too critical. Important for us to regroup, we go through these times as sportsmen and we need to be ready for the next Test now."
CREX PLAYER OF THE DAY: Marco Jansen
Jansen scored 81 runs today and picked up three wickets with the ball. He added a 100+ partnership with Dean Elgar for the 6th wicket, batting India out of the match.
With the ball, he knocked over Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and got the better of the lone warrior Virat Kohli to wrap the Test.
Jansen scored 81 runs today and picked up three wickets with the ball. He added a 100+ partnership with Dean Elgar for the 6th wicket, batting India out of the match.
With the ball, he knocked over Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and got the better of the lone warrior Virat Kohli to wrap the Test.
Match Bulletins of Day 3:
Elgar moves to 150 in 228 deliveries
The lead moves past 50 runs
The pair bring up the 50-run partnership between them
South Africa touch 300 in 79 overs
Second new ball taken after 81.2 overs
Drinks, Session 1: SA - 323/5, 84 Overs (Elgar 170*, Jansen 38*)
Jansen gets to his 2nd Test fifty in 87 balls
The 5th wicket stand moves past 100 in 169 balls
South Africa cross 350 in 90.1 overs
Thakur dismisses Elgar for 185, the batter takes a review but the decision remains out
Ashwin gets his first wicket dismissing Coetzee in the 100th over
Lunch, Day 3: SA - 392/7, 100 Overs (Jansen 72*, Rabada 1*)
Bumrah clean bowls Rabada with a peach of a delivery
South Africa get to 400 in 102.5 overs
Bumrah takes the last wicket removing Burger with Temba Bavuma not coming to bat due to injury
South Africa - 408, 108.4 Overs (Elgar 185, Bumrah 4/69), lead IND by 163 runs
Jaiswal is dropped first ball of the innings by Markram off Rabada
Rohit is knocked over by Rabada for a duck
Burger strikes from the other end removing Jaiswal for 5
Kohli gets a life on 8 as Mulder drops him off Jansen
50 comes up for India in 13.3 overs
Shubman Gill plays a few classic strokes
Marco Jansen has the last laugh on Gill
Keegan Petersen drops Iyer off Jansen
Tea, Day 3: IND- 62/3, 16 Overs (Kohi 18*, Iyer 6*)
Iyer is cleaned up by a fuller delivery from Jansen for 6 after tea
Debutant Burger removes Rahul and Ashwin on consecutive deliveries pegging India down to 6 wickets
Kohli brings up his half-century and India’s 100 on the same ball in the 28th over
Rabada snares Shardul Thakur after the latter is dropped in the slips by Jansen off Burger
Bumrah was run out owing to a mix-up with Kohli
Siraj is dismissed by Burger for just 4
Kohli is the last man to be dismissed, looking to launch an assault, with Jansen taking his wicket
India - 131, 34.1 Overs (Kohli 76, Burger 4/33)
South Africa win by an innings and 32 runs to take an 1-0 lead in the 2-match series
Session Breakdown of Day 3:
Session 1: 34 Overs, 136 Runs, 2 Wickets
Session 2: 24.4 Overs, 78 Runs, 5 Wickets
Session 3: 18.1 Overs, 69 Runs, 7 Wickets
Session 1: 34 Overs, 136 Runs, 2 Wickets
Session 2: 24.4 Overs, 78 Runs, 5 Wickets
Session 3: 18.1 Overs, 69 Runs, 7 Wickets
8:32 PM IST, 5:02 PM Local Time: South Africa take an unassailable 1-0 lead in the 2-match Test series against India with a thumping win in 3 days by a huge margin of an innings and 32 runs.
Session 3 resumed with India 62/3 and Kohli-Iyer pair on the crease. Shreyas Iyer was cleaned up by Marco Jansen with KL Rahul soon following him back in the pavilion as Nandre Burger found himself on a hattrick removing Rahul and R Ashwin on consecutive deliveries.
Kohli continued the assault with wickets falling around him and didn't have anyone standing at the other end. He scored 76 and was the last man to be dismissed with Marco Jansen taking his prized scalp.
India were bundled out for 131 in 34.1 overs. No one besides Kohli and Shubman Gill (26 off 37) scored more than 6 runs in the Indian second innings. Nandre Burger (4/33) on debut and Jansen (3/36) alongside the leader of the attack Kagiso Rabada (2/32) fired since ball 1 and got the Proteas to a famous win.
Looking back at the match, South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl bundling out India for 245 in the first innings. KL Rahul hit 101 and Rabda picked up 5/59 after Dean Elgar (185), Marco Jansen (84*) and David Bedingham (56) propelled SA to the first innings lead with a score of 408.
Stay tuned for the post match coverage.
Session 3 resumed with India 62/3 and Kohli-Iyer pair on the crease. Shreyas Iyer was cleaned up by Marco Jansen with KL Rahul soon following him back in the pavilion as Nandre Burger found himself on a hattrick removing Rahul and R Ashwin on consecutive deliveries.
Kohli continued the assault with wickets falling around him and didn't have anyone standing at the other end. He scored 76 and was the last man to be dismissed with Marco Jansen taking his prized scalp.
India were bundled out for 131 in 34.1 overs. No one besides Kohli and Shubman Gill (26 off 37) scored more than 6 runs in the Indian second innings. Nandre Burger (4/33) on debut and Jansen (3/36) alongside the leader of the attack Kagiso Rabada (2/32) fired since ball 1 and got the Proteas to a famous win.
Looking back at the match, South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl bundling out India for 245 in the first innings. KL Rahul hit 101 and Rabda picked up 5/59 after Dean Elgar (185), Marco Jansen (84*) and David Bedingham (56) propelled SA to the first innings lead with a score of 408.
Stay tuned for the post match coverage.
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