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1st Test • SuperSport Park • Centurion

327/10 & 174/10 (50.3)

197/10 & 191/10 (68)

IND won by 113 runs

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Player of the Match KL Rahul

123(260) & 23(74)

IND s 1st

SA s 1st

IND s 2nd

SA s 2nd

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India s 1st Innings

327/10 (105.3)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

123

260

17

1

47.31

c Q Kock b K Rabada

60

123

9

0

48.78

lbw b L Ngidi

Cheteshwar Pujara

0

1

0

0

0.00

c KD Petersen b L Ngidi

(C)

35

94

4

0

37.23

c PWA Mulder b L Ngidi

48

102

9

0

47.06

c Q Kock b L Ngidi

8

13

1

0

61.54

c RVD Dussen b L Ngidi

Ravichandran Ashwin

4

5

1

0

80.00

c K Maharaj b K Rabada

4

8

1

0

50.00

c Q Kock b K Rabada

8

9

2

0

88.89

c Q Kock b L Ngidi

14

17

2

0

82.35

c PWA Mulder b M Jansen

4

12

1

0

33.33

Not out

Extras

19

(B: 4, LB: 4, NB: 11, W: 0)

TOTAL

(105.3 Ov, RR: 3.1)

327/10

47

1

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

26

5

72

3

2.77

11

24

5

71

6

2.96

0

18.3

4

69

1

3.73

0

19

4

49

0

2.58

0

18

2

58

0

3.22

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

lbw b L Ngidi

1-117

40.2

Cheteshwar Pujara

c KD Petersen b L Ngidi

2-117

40.3

c PWA Mulder b L Ngidi

3-199

68.2

c Q Kock b K Rabada

4-278

93.6

c Q Kock b L Ngidi

5-291

96.4

Ravichandran Ashwin

c K Maharaj b K Rabada

6-296

97.4

c RVD Dussen b L Ngidi

7-296

98.2

c Q Kock b K Rabada

8-304

99.6

c Q Kock b L Ngidi

9-308

100.5

c PWA Mulder b M Jansen

10-327

105.3

South Africa s 1st Innings

197/10 (62.3)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

(C)

1

2

0

0

50.00

c R Pant b J Bumrah

13

34

3

0

38.24

b M Shami

Keegan Petersen

15

22

3

0

68.18

b M Shami

Rassie van der Dussen

3

18

0

0

16.67

c A Rahane b M Siraj

52

103

10

0

50.49

c R Pant b M Shami

Quinton de Kock

34

63

3

1

53.97

b S Thakur

12

33

2

0

36.36

c R Pant b M Shami

19

42

3

0

45.24

lbw b S Thakur

25

45

3

1

55.56

c R Pant b M Shami

12

19

3

0

63.16

c A Rahane b J Bumrah

0

1

0

0

0.00

Not out

Extras

11

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 7, W: 0)

TOTAL

(62.3 Ov, RR: 3.15)

197/10

30

2

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

7.2

2

16

2

2.18

0

15.1

3

45

1

2.97

1

16

5

44

5

2.75

0

11

1

51

2

4.64

6

Ravichandran Ashwin

13

2

37

0

2.85

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

c R Pant b J Bumrah

1-2

0.5

Keegan Petersen

b M Shami

2-25

7.3

b M Shami

3-30

11.5

Rassie van der Dussen

c A Rahane b M Siraj

4-32

12.5

Quinton de Kock

b S Thakur

5-104

34.1

c R Pant b M Shami

6-133

42.6

c R Pant b M Shami

7-144

46.4

lbw b S Thakur

8-181

56.6

c R Pant b M Shami

9-193

61.5

c A Rahane b J Bumrah

10-197

62.3

India s 2nd Innings

174/10 (50.3)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

23

74

4

0

31.08

c D Elgar b L Ngidi

4

14

1

0

28.57

c Q Kock b M Jansen

10

26

1

1

38.46

c PWA Mulder b K Rabada

Cheteshwar Pujara

16

64

3

0

25.00

c Q Kock b L Ngidi

(C)

18

32

4

0

56.25

c Q Kock b M Jansen

20

23

3

1

86.96

c RVD Dussen b M Jansen

34

34

6

0

100.00

c L Ngidi b K Rabada

Ravichandran Ashwin

14

17

2

0

82.35

c KD Petersen b K Rabada

1

12

0

0

8.33

c PWA Mulder b K Rabada

7

8

1

0

87.50

Not out

0

5

0

0

0.00

b M Jansen

Extras

27

(B: 17, LB: 4, NB: 6, W: 0)

TOTAL

(50.3 Ov, RR: 3.45)

174/10

25

2

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

17

4

42

4

2.47

6

10

2

31

2

3.10

0

13.3

4

55

4

4.07

0

10

4

25

0

2.50

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

c Q Kock b M Jansen

1-12

5.1

c PWA Mulder b K Rabada

2-34

12.5

c D Elgar b L Ngidi

3-54

22.3

c Q Kock b M Jansen

4-79

32.1

Cheteshwar Pujara

c Q Kock b L Ngidi

5-109

37.1

c RVD Dussen b M Jansen

6-111

38.5

Ravichandran Ashwin

c KD Petersen b K Rabada

7-146

45.1

c L Ngidi b K Rabada

8-166

47.3

c PWA Mulder b K Rabada

9-169

49.2

b M Jansen

10-174

50.3

South Africa s 2nd Innings

191/10 (68)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

1

7

0

0

14.29

b M Shami

(C)

77

156

12

0

49.36

lbw b J Bumrah

Keegan Petersen

17

36

3

0

47.22

c R Pant b M Siraj

Rassie van der Dussen

11

65

1

0

16.92

b J Bumrah

8

19

1

0

42.11

b J Bumrah

35

80

4

0

43.75

Not out

Quinton de Kock

21

28

2

0

75.00

b M Siraj

1

3

0

0

33.33

c R Pant b M Shami

13

14

3

0

92.86

c R Pant b M Shami

0

4

0

0

0.00

c M Shami b R Ashwin

0

1

0

0

0.00

c CA Pujara b R Ashwin

Extras

7

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 5, W: 0)

TOTAL

(68 Ov, RR: 2.81)

191/10

26

0

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

19

4

50

3

2.63

2

17

3

63

3

3.71

1

18

5

47

2

2.61

0

5

0

11

0

2.20

2

Ravichandran Ashwin

9

2

18

2

2.00

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

b M Shami

1-1

1.3

Keegan Petersen

c R Pant b M Siraj

2-34

14.1

Rassie van der Dussen

b J Bumrah

3-74

36.4

b J Bumrah

4-94

40.5

lbw b J Bumrah

5-130

50.5

Quinton de Kock

b M Siraj

6-161

59.3

c R Pant b M Shami

7-164

60.2

c R Pant b M Shami

8-190

66.5

c M Shami b R Ashwin

9-191

67.5

c CA Pujara b R Ashwin

10-191

67.6

Match Info

Date & Time

26 Dec, 01:30 PM IST

Venue

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Match

1st Test,

India tour of South Africa

Umpires

Adrian Holdstock (South Africa), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Allahudien Paleker (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

India elected to bat

Player of the Match KL Rahul

123(260) & 23(74)

Commentary

KL Rahul, Player of the Match: It was the grit and determination that allowed me to score the runs. The opening partnership played a huge role in the outcome of the match and I wanted us to get off to a good start. I haven't made many technical changes, however, the change in mindset has helped me do better. I am certainly proud of having six overseas centuries to my name. Delighted with the way Shami bowled. As Virat mentioned, that our fast bowlers have played a huge role in our success over the years, especially overseas. This victory will give us a lot of confidence and we shall look to carry it forward for the rest of the series.

Virat Kohli: We got off to the ideal start we desired. The fact that we got the outcome in four days demonstrates how well we performed. South Africa is usually a tough place to visit, but we were clinical with the bat, ball, and in the field. Mayank and KL deserve a lot of credit, and we were in pole position at 270 for 3 after day one. We had a lot of faith in our bowling unit to complete the task. In the locker room, we discussed it. Because Bumrah didn't bowl much in the first innings, South Africa were able to score more runs. It's simply a characteristic of our squad achieving a result from that position the way these guys bowl together. Really happy for Shami and his 200th scalp. He is among the top 3 seamers in the world and an integral part of our squad.

Dean Elgar: It's not a nice thing, losing at the fortress. We did a few things wrong and we ended up on the losing side. India played exceptionally well and they deserve full credit for the victory. Indian openers adapted really well and knew which balls to leave. We could have bowled a bit better and make the batters play more. We thought we were back in the game with that collapse but the Indian bowlers struck back. Our bowlers were brilliant, gave us 20 wickets. It was batting that separated the two sides and we need to sit down and think over our plans for the remaining two tests.

India win the test match comprehensively by 113 runs and go 1-0 up in the series. They started the year by breaching the fortress of Gabba and they end the year breaching Centurion. Virat Kohli's India becomes the first Asian side to win a test match at the Supersport Park, Centurion. The overseas victories have begun to look like a habit for this Indian side now.

India were dominating this test match from the very first session. They were in a strong position after the close of play on day one. KL Rahul's century put them in pole position of the test match. The second day was lost due to rain which added draw into play. A collapse early into day three denied them a big total. Lungi Ngidi was the star for the hosts as he bagged six Indian scalps. However, the Indian bowlers made sure that their batters had no regrets whatsoever in their minds. A five-wicket haul for Shami who also bagged his 200th scalp in South Africa's first innings. gave India the lead of 130 runs which was more than enough.

Indian batters set up a target of 304 on a very deteriorated surface for the hosts. Both Rabada and Marco Jansen took four wickets apiece to restrict India to 174. The only thing that stood between India and a historic victory was rain. Well, the rain gods did not disappoint as India conquered the fortress of South Africa despite skipper Dean Elgar's grit and determination. Temba Bavuma on the other hand, ran out of partners while the Indian bowlers kept removing the batters from the other end. Overall, it was a great performance by the Indian bowling unit as all the four frontline bowlers contributed with some vital wickets. Join us soon for the presentation...

Two in two for Ashwin and it is a victory for India at Supersport Park, Centurion!

68

overs

191 /10 score

0

1

0

0

W

W

runs

Temba Bavuma

35 (80)

Lungi Ngidi *

0 (1)

Ravichandran Ashwin

2 /18

67.6 R Ashwin to Lungi Ngidi, OUT! THAT WILL BE THAT! BAVUMA STRANDED! Flighted on a length just outside off stump. Ngidi is deceived in the air and has a poke at it in front of his pad. The ball grips, turns and bounces, meaning that he gets a thick inside edge that is snaffled up by leg slip! India breach another fortress in 2021 and they have been full value! South Africa might regret their bowling display in the first innings but then again, is it even a game of cricket if there isn't the benefit of hindsight attached to it!

Lungi Ngidi c Pujara b Ashwin 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)

Lungi Ngidi, RHB, comes to the crease.

GONE! Change of field does the trick and Ashwin gets his first wicket of the match. India one wicket away!

67.5 R Ashwin to Kagiso Rabada, OUT! SOFT DISMISSAL! Tossed up on a length outside off stump and Rabada's eyes light up. He has a massive swish at it and gets a thick outside edge that loops up towards backward point, where the fielder does the rest and hands Ashwin his first wicket of the game! South Africa crumbling now!

Kagiso Rabada c Mohammed Shami b Ashwin 0 (4b 0x4 0x6)

67.4 R Ashwin to Kagiso Rabada, full delivery outside off stump. Rabada throws his hands at it with minimal footwork and slices the ball towards the man at backward point

67.3 R Ashwin to Kagiso Rabada, length delivery just outside off stump. Rabada comes forward and drops the ball into the off side with soft hands

67.2 R Ashwin to Temba Bavuma, full delivery on leg stump. Bavuma gets fully forward and tucks the ball off his pads towards deep backward square leg for another single

67.1 R Ashwin to Temba Bavuma, full delivery just outside off stump. Bavuma comes onto the front foot and defends the ball into the off side

Ravichandran Ashwin [8.0-2-17-0] is back into the attack.

After conceding a couple of boundaries in the over first up, Shami bounced back strongly to bring India a step closer to victory. He now has eight wickets in the match.

67

overs

190 /8 score

4

4

0

0

W

0

runs

Temba Bavuma

34 (78)

Kagiso Rabada *

0 (1)

Mohammed Shami

3 /63

66.6 Mohammed Shami to Kagiso Rabada, full delivery just outside off stump. Rabada gets onto the front foot and defends the ball into the off side towards extra cover

Kagiso Rabada, LHB, comes to the crease.

66.5 Mohammed Shami to Marco Jansen, EDGED AND TAKEN! SHAMI DOES THE TRICK! Length delivery in the corridor that decks away just a shade. Jansen has a nibble at it away from his body and gets a genuine outside edge that is snaffled up by Pant! What a set-up this has been from Shami! Simply stunning! India two wickets away from victory now!

Marco Jansen c Pant b Mohammed Shami 13 (14b 3x4 0x6)

66.4 Mohammed Shami to Marco Jansen, PEACH! Back of a length delivery in the channel that pitches and nips away. Jansen is squared up completely as the ball breezes past the bat