India’s strong batting line-up was completely exposed at Centurion’s Supersports Park. South Africa took a lead of 163 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, or Lokesh Rahul could not top these 163 runs.
The Indian cricket team was all out for just 131 runs as they faced the Protea bowling cannon. As a result, India suffered a defeat of one innings and 32 runs. Virat Kohli struggled alone against the Protea bowlers. But in front of the fiery bowling of the three pacers Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger, and Marco Jansen India’s batting lineup flew like straw.
When Virat Kohli was dismissed for the last wicket by Rabada, 76 runs were shining next to his name. Where the entire team was all out for 131 runs, Kohli’s contribution alone was 76. Only Shubman Gill has touched double figures among Indian batsmen. He scored 26 runs. If the rest of the batter’s runs are placed next to each other, it will become the phone numbers. That is, the remaining 9 could not touch the two-digit house. Among them, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Jasprit Bumrah got out for zero runs.
In the first innings, India scored 245 runs on Lokesh Rahul’s century. In response, Dean Elgar batted brilliantly. He played a great innings of 185 runs. Marco Jansen remained unbeaten on 84 runs. South Africa were all out for 408 runs. Proteas got a lead of 163 runs in the first innings.
Coming down to bat in the second innings, Rohit Sharma was bowled by Rabada in the third over. He could not score a single run in 8 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 5 runs. He gave a catch behind the wicket off Nandre Burger. Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli’s 39 runs showed some hope. But India’s hopes ended after Gill was bowled for 26 runs off Marco Jansen. After that, the rest were just in procession. Shreyas Iyer 6, Lokesh Rahul 4, Ashwin 0, Shardul Thakur 2, Bumrah 0, Mohammad Siraj out for 4 runs. Virat Kohli was the last batsman to get out.
Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets. Nandre Burger took 4 wickets and Marco Jansen took 3 wickets. Dean Elgar was adjudged man of the match.
India (1st innings) – 245/10 (67.4)
South Africa (1st innings) – 408/10 (108.4)
India (2nd innings) – 131/10 (34.1)
Result – South Africa won by an innings and 32 runs
Player of the match – Dean Elgar
Dean Elgar
South Africa | Temba Bavuma (c), Kyle Verreynne (wk), Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen, Marco Jansen, David Bedingham, Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Kagiso Rabada, Dean Elgar, Nandre Burger |
India | Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (wk), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prasidh Krishna |
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