IND vs SA 2nd Test: As many as 23 wickets fell on day 1 of the second Test match between India and South Africa in Cape Town. After being asked to bowl first, India bundled out South Africa for just 55 runs in the first innings. M Siraj starred with the ball with 6 wickets for just 15 runs in 9 overs.
In response, India had lost four wickets at Tea at 111 on the board. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli carried on with the partnership and took the score to 153. But, what followed, thereafter, was a shocking collapse.
India went on to lose six wickets without scoring a single run. They were reduced from 153 for 4 to 153 all-out. It was KL Rahul’s wicket that started the collapse.
Ngidi had him caught behind the keeper on the first ball of the 33rd over. One ball later, he got rid of Ravindra Jadeja with an accurate bouncer. South African picked another one in the same over as he sent Bumrah back on the second last ball of the over.
Rabada came on to bowl the next over and got the wicket of Kohli on the second ball. This was followed with two more wickets on the 4th and 5th ball of the over as India saw themselves bundled out for 153.
Ravi Shastri on India’s humiliating batting collapse
Not a single run was scored and 6 wickets fell in the space of 11 deliveries. While witnessing the collapse, former cricketer and commentator Ravi Shastri took a dig at the Indian team.
“153/4, 153 all out; if someone went around the corner for a dump and has come back, India have been bowled out for 153,” Ravi Shastri said on air.
Despite the collapse, India had managed to take a 98-run lead and took three South African wickets in the third innings at the end of day 1. The 2nd day is, currently, underway and India has exerted dominance with the ball.
Bumrah Starred with a Six-wicket haul
Jasprit Bumrah fired on all cylinders and picked a five-wicket haul. Wickets kept falling in short intervals but it was Aiden Makram who kept the team in the hunt. Amidst difficult batting conditions, Markram notched a sensational hundred and, thereby, kept South Africa in the hunt. He scored 106 runs in 103 balls, including 17 fours and 2 sixes.
South Africa was bundled out for 176 runs with India needing 78 runs to win the match.
IND vs SA 2nd Test Brief Scores After 3rd Innings:
Brief Scores: SA 55 all out (1st innings) & 176 all out in 2nd innings (Aiden Markram 106, Bumrah 6/61, Mukesh 2/56) India 1st innings 153 all out & need 78 runs to win
