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3rd Test • Newlands • Cape Town

India

223 & 198/10 (67.3)

South Africa

210 & 212/3 (63.3)

SA won by 7 wickets

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Player of the Match Keegan Petersen

72(166) & 82(113)

IND s 1st

SA s 1st

IND s 2nd

SA s 2nd

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India s 1st Innings

223/10 (77.3)

Batters

KL Rahul

34.29

c Verreynne b Olivier

Mayank Agarwal

42.86

c Markram b Rabada

Cheteshwar Pujara

55.84

c Verreynne b Jansen

Virat Kohli

201

39.30

c Verreynne b Rabada

Ajinkya Rahane

75.00

c Verreynne b Rabada

Rishabh Pant

54.00

c Petersen b Jansen

Ravichandran Ashwin

20.00

c Verreynne b Jansen

Shardul Thakur

133.33

c Petersen b Maharaj

Jasprit Bumrah

0.00

c Elgar b Rabada

Umesh Yadav

28.57

Not out

Mohammad Shami

35.00

c Bavuma b Ngidi

Extras

(B: 5, LB: 1, NB: 7, W: 0)

TOTAL

(77.3 Ov, RR: 2.88)

223/10

Bowlers

EXT

Kagiso Rabada

3.32

Duanne Olivier

2.33

Marco Jansen

3.06

Lungisani Ngidi

14.3

2.28

Keshav Maharaj

2.80

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

KL Rahul

c Verreynne b Olivier

1-31

11.2

Mayank Agarwal

c Markram b Rabada

2-33

12.2

Cheteshwar Pujara

c Verreynne b Jansen

3-95

37.3

Ajinkya Rahane

c Verreynne b Rabada

4-116

42.1

Rishabh Pant

c Petersen b Jansen

5-167

60.3

Ravichandran Ashwin

c Verreynne b Jansen

6-175

62.5

Shardul Thakur

c Petersen b Maharaj

7-205

67.4

Jasprit Bumrah

c Elgar b Rabada

8-210

70.5

Virat Kohli

c Verreynne b Rabada

9-211

72.3

Mohammad Shami

c Bavuma b Ngidi

10-223

77.3

South Africa s 1st Innings

210/10 (76.3)

Batters

Dean Elgar

18.75

c Pujara b Bumrah

Aiden Markram

36.36

b Bumrah

Keshav Maharaj

55.56

b Yadav

Keegan Petersen

166

43.37

c Pujara b Bumrah

Rassie van der Dussen

38.89

c Kohli b Yadav

Temba Bavuma

53.84

c Kohli b Shami

Kyle Verreynne

0.00

c Pant b Shami

Marco Jansen

26.92

b Bumrah

Kagiso Rabada

60.00

c Bumrah b Thakur

Duanne Olivier

25.64

Not out

Lungisani Ngidi

17.65

c Ashwin b Bumrah

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 4, NB: 4, W: 1)

TOTAL

(76.3 Ov, RR: 2.75)

210/10

Bowlers

EXT

Jasprit Bumrah

23.3

1.79

Umesh Yadav

4.00

Mohammad Shami

2.44

Shardul Thakur

3.08

Ravichandran Ashwin

1.70

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Dean Elgar

c Pujara b Bumrah

1-10

4.4

Aiden Markram

b Bumrah

2-17

8.2

Keshav Maharaj

b Yadav

3-45

20.2

Rassie van der Dussen

c Kohli b Yadav

4-112

39.2

Temba Bavuma

c Kohli b Shami

5-159

55.2

Kyle Verreynne

c Pant b Shami

6-159

55.4

Marco Jansen

b Bumrah

7-176

62.2

Keegan Petersen

c Pujara b Bumrah

8-179

64.4

Kagiso Rabada

c Bumrah b Thakur

9-200

71.3

Lungisani Ngidi

c Ashwin b Bumrah

10-210

76.3

India s 2nd Innings

198/10 (67.3)

Batters

KL Rahul

45.45

c Markram b Jansen

Mayank Agarwal

46.67

c Elgar b Rabada

Cheteshwar Pujara

27.27

c Petersen b Jansen

Virat Kohli

143

20.28

c Markram b Ngidi

Ajinkya Rahane

11.11

c Elgar b Rabada

Rishabh Pant

100

139

71.94

Not out

Ravichandran Ashwin

46.67

c Jansen b Ngidi

Shardul Thakur

38.46

c Verreynne b Ngidi

Umesh Yadav

0.00

c Verreynne b Rabada

Mohammad Shami

0.00

c Dussen b Jansen

Jasprit Bumrah

40.00

c Bavuma b Jansen

Extras

(B: 8, LB: 9, NB: 9, W: 2)

TOTAL

(67.3 Ov, RR: 2.93)

198/10

Bowlers

EXT

Kagiso Rabada

3.12

Duanne Olivier

3.80

Marco Jansen

19.3

1.85

Lungisani Ngidi

1.50

Keshav Maharaj

4.71

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Mayank Agarwal

c Elgar b Rabada

1-20

4.5

KL Rahul

c Markram b Jansen

2-24

5.5

Cheteshwar Pujara

c Petersen b Jansen

3-57

17.2

Ajinkya Rahane

c Elgar b Rabada

4-58

18.6

Virat Kohli

c Markram b Ngidi

5-152

48.2

Ravichandran Ashwin

c Jansen b Ngidi

6-162

52.3

Shardul Thakur

c Verreynne b Ngidi

7-170

56.1

Umesh Yadav

c Verreynne b Rabada

8-180

58.5

Mohammad Shami

c Dussen b Jansen

9-189

63.6

Jasprit Bumrah

c Bavuma b Jansen

10-198

67.3

South Africa s 2nd Innings

212/3 (63.3)

Batters

Aiden Markram

72.73

c Rahul b Shami

Dean Elgar

31.25

c Pant b Bumrah

Keegan Petersen

113

72.57

b Thakur

Rassie van der Dussen

43.16

Not out

Temba Bavuma

55.17

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 8, NB: 3, W: 0)

TOTAL

(63.3 Ov, RR: 3.34)

212/3

Did not Bat

Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Duanne Olivier, Lungisani Ngidi

Bowlers

EXT

Jasprit Bumrah

3.18

Mohammad Shami

2.73

Umesh Yadav

4.00

Shardul Thakur

2.00

Ravichandran Ashwin

11.3

4.43

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Aiden Markram

c Rahul b Shami

1-23

7.3

Dean Elgar

c Pant b Bumrah

2-101

29.4

Keegan Petersen

b Thakur

3-155

46.2

Match Info

Date & Time

11 Jan, 02:00 PM IST

Venue

Newlands, Cape Town

Match

3rd 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

0 0 2 0 0 0

Over 61

Runs: 2

1 4 0 0 0 0

Over 62

Runs: 5

0 0 0 0 3 0

Over 63

Runs: 3

0 5 4

Over 64

Runs: 9

All Overs

Player of the Match Keegan Petersen

72(166) & 82(113)

Commentary

That's all from us for now from this Test series. The white ball leg of the tour will kickstart at Paarl on the 19th, Wednseday. Do join us in our coverage for that. Until then, this is Bala and Shashwat Kumar signing off on behalf of the whole Sportskeeda team. Stay home, stay safe and enjoy the cricket coverage with Sportskeeda!

Well, then! India had a lot of hopes when they embarked on this African adventure. It was the final frontier for them, a place where they had never won a series. The setting looked perfect for on. India had the best bowling ever to tour this nation. The batting unit was strong, at least on the paper if not on recent performances. And to cap it all off, they were facing a South African side which wasn’t the best they have faced over the years.

It looked like the hopes were bearing fruit when Virat Kohli led the side to a comprehensive victory in the first Test. But everything went downhill from there. South Africa, who everyone judged as the underdogs for the series, refused to backdown, and matched their Asian rivals punch for punch, hook for hook.

Once they won the second Test at Johannesberg, it became evident that it wouldn’t be as easy as India had imagined. And they showed just why at Cape Town. It was indeed a hard-fought contest. After the first innings of the first Test in Centurion, we never saw a score in excess of 300 runs. Runs were hard to come by. The batters had to fight it out for every inch. And at the end of the day, the better batting side ended on the better side of the result.

So, plenty of positives for both sides at the end of the series. Some questions for India as well, especially from the batting front. Will it be the last of Pujara and Rahane that we see, at least for a while? Only time can tell. But for now, let's take a moment back and appreciate a good hard-fought series.

Dean Elgar collects the trophy and the squad joins him at the podium!

Keegan Petersen is the Player of the Match and the Series!

I don't know how I feel. It hasn't sunk in yet. Maybe I can tell in two hours or so. Happy, emotional, just grateful to have had the opportunity. I took every little positive I can from every innings and built on that. It's been a tough journey. Have had to stick to my guns and fight it out. It's been a long journey, can't really tell the whole story right now. It's not been easy even coming into Tests. Challenging wickets, challenging conditions. Have had to deal with what has been in front of me. We've always had to tough it out against a high-quality bowling attack, high-quality team. We just wanted to have the mindset to fight it out. Just spending time at the wicket is crucial. (It's) Evident, longer you bat, easier it gets. I enjoyed every moment of it.

Dean Elgar: Pretty elated. Proud of the group of players. I think it will sink in in a day or two, maybe this evening. Couldn't be prouder of the group. After the first loss, we had a great hope. Asked the players to respond in a better nature, better way. And they responded brilliantly. Challenging your players within the group, need character to stand up. The bowling unit, in the last two Tests, was brilliant. I threw down the challenge after the first game and the guys responded brilliantly. We've got a young, talented group. Every day in this environment, we're gaining experience. Unreal to see how a group that doesn't have the repertoire or names can gel together as one. Extremely proud of this group. If you want to operate at a high-performance level, we have to have tough chats. If guys don't like it, it's up to them to deal with. I've got old-school mentality with a new-school twist. Laid down challenges to senior players as well. Great to see them take it on board and deliver. Would like to think I gave us the best message for us to go out and perform. We have been hurting a little bit. It's something for us to feed off. If you have guys moving away, it's challenge to pull them in. I think as a unit, we've grown massively over the last two Tests. I'm already thinking of the next series.

Virat Kohli: It's a great spectacle of Tests. Hard-fought series. Great first game. But great fightback by South Africa and they capitalized in the third. They were clinical with the ball in crunch moments. Lapse of concentration cost us key moments. Absolutely deserving winners in the end. One of the challenges we've faced touring abroad is to make sure that we capitalise on momentum. When we've done that, we've won Tests. And when we haven't, they've cost us quite bad. We've had a few collapses that have cost us important moments and Test matches. (On what cost them the series) It's batting, can't pinpoint any other aspect. Considering their heights, they were able to get much more off the wickets in all three Tests. We batted well in the first Test, but in the second and third, they applied pressure long enough for us to make mistakes. The batting has to be looked into, no running away from that. Having collapses every now and then is not a good thing. We know how far we've come as a team. People expect us to beat South Africa in South Africa is testimony to how far we've come. We haven't done it, that's the reality, accept it and come back as better cricketers. Got to credit the opposition where due. The way KL batted as an opener was heartening. Mayank Agarwal got stuck in on a couple of occasions. Bowling was outstanding. A few crucial knocks from the guys in the middle period. Rishabh's knock in this Test was special. Centurion win was special too. Take the positives and move ahead, come back as better cricketers.

It's time for the presentation now!

South Africa win the third Test by 7 wickets and the series 2-1!

That was a spectacular batting display by the young South African batting unit. They came under immense pressure at the hands of India's superlative pace bowling unit, but never did they look overawed. Dean Elgar showed the way with some solidity with the bat at the top of the order and then it was the youngsters to follow who put the cherry on the cake.

Keegan Petersen was the star with the bat for the hosts. He strung the whole batting unit together, battling the side to a point of safety. He first built a solid foundation with skipper Elgar and fought on in the company of Rassie van der Dussen once Elgar left. India still had a sniff of hope when Petersen was removed, but Temba Bavuma ensured that it did not bear fruit.

The Indian bowlers toiled under the heat of the Super Sport Park without much to show for their efforts. Skipper Kohli went to his premier bowlers in Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami time and again, but they could not bring about what their skipper was hoping for. Both of them picked up a wicket each, while Shardul Thakur picked the third one.

With all the firepower that the Indian pace bowling unit boasts of, they have failed to defend a target in excess of 200 runs for two consecutive times now. The team management certainly have some questions to answer at this juncture.

63.3 R Ashwin to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! THAT WILL BE THAT! INDIA HAVE BEEN HUMBLED BY SOUTH AFRICA! Length delivery outside off stump. Bavuma gets across his stumps and absolutely wallops that one over square leg for another boundary! Bavuma lets out a cry of joy and everyone in the South African dressing room is jubilant! They should be too!

63.2 R Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, FIVE RUNS! THE WHEELS ARE COMING OFF! Full delivery outside off stump. Rassie bunts the ball towards point and gets to the other end. An errant throw, though, races away to the boundary too!

63.1 R Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, length delivery darted into the batter on middle and off stump. Rassie comes half forward and pokes the ball down the ground

Umesh Yadav went back to try targetting the stumps, but did not find any tangible results in that over against the dogged defenses of RVD. And now, the target is down to single digits. South Africa need 9 runs to win now.

overs

203 /3 score

runs

Rassie van der Dussen

36 (93)

Temba Bavuma *

28 (57)

Umesh Yadav

0 /36

62.6 Umesh Yadav to Temba Bavuma, length delivery just outside off stump. Bavuma presses forward and then presents the full face of the bat. Solid from South Africa's white-ball skipper!

62.5 Umesh Yadav to Rassie van der Dussen, full delivery outside off stump. Rassie gets a massive stride forward and threads the ball past extra cover for three more runs

62.4 Umesh Yadav to Rassie van der Dussen, back of a length delivery outside off stump. Rassie gets onto the back foot and then watches the ball go through to the keeper

62.3 Umesh Yadav to Rassie van der Dussen, full delivery on middle and off stump. Rassie gets forward and pushes the ball down the ground towards the fielder at mid on

62.2 Umesh Yadav to Rassie van der Dussen, length delivery on leg stump. Rassie comes forward and flicks the ball towards mid wicket. He then hares down for the single but is rightly sent back

62.1 Umesh Yadav to Rassie van der Dussen, yorker on middle and off stump. Rassie jams his bat down in time and digs the ball out towards the fielder at short mid wicket

Bavuma joined RVD in exploiting the straight lines of Ashwin with the sweep and found success in that over. And with that shot, they reached the 200-run mark. South Africa are just 12 runs away from victory now.

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