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South Africa vs India, 1st Take a look at at Centurion, Dec 26-30, 2023,
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Printed on: Dec 29, 2023
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South Africa beat India by an innings and 32 runs within the Boxing Day Take a look at at SuperSport Park in Centurion, on Thursday, December 28 to assert a 1-0 lead within the two-match sequence. The hosts resumed their first innings on 256/5 and ended up posting 408, gaining a formidable lead of 163 runs. India’s second innings lasted all of 31.4 overs as they had been bundled out for a miserly 131.
All of it went flawed for India from the very begin as Kagiso Rabada as soon as once more acquired the higher of skipper Rohit Sharma (0), cleansing him up with a jaffa that got here in and moved away on the final second. Yashasvi Jaiswal (5) was then bounced out by Nandre Burger (4/33) as he was caught off guard by a rising supply. Shubman Gill eased his solution to 26 earlier than being bowled comprehensively by Marco Jansen (3/36).
The carnage continued as Shreyas Iyer (6) dragged a supply from Jansen again onto his stumps. There was no resistance from KL Rahul this time. He was out for 4, nicking an inviting supply exterior off stump from Burger. The left-arm pacer was on a hat-trick as Ravichandran Ashwin (0) stabbed the subsequent supply straight to gully.
Virat Kohli (76 off 82) held one find yourself, whereas additionally scoring runs fluently. He struck 12 fours and a six in his defiant knock. Nevertheless, South African bowlers stored chipping away on the different finish. Shardul Thakur (2) and Mohammed Siraj (4) fell to Rabada and Burger respectively, whereas Jasprit Bumrah (0) was compelled to sacrifice his wicket whereas attempting to offer the strike again to Kohli. The latter was the final man out, fantastically caught by Rabada, who sprinted to his left from long-on after the Indian batter miscued a giant hit from Jansen.
Earlier, Dean Elgar (185 off 287) and Jansen (84 not out off 147) featured in a 111-run stand for the sixth wicket to place South Africa firmly in charge of the Centurion Take a look at. The retiring Elgar, who hit 28 fours in his resolute knock, was trying good for 200 when he gloved a brief ball down leg from Thakur. Jansen continued the battle for the hosts, slamming 11 fours and a six. Pacer Bumrah, nonetheless, claimed two fast wickets on the finish, whereas injured skipper Temba Bavuma didn’t bat as Jansen was stranded 16 in need of 100.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
