A outstanding 23 wickets fell on the primary day of the second Take a look at in Cape City, with South Africa bowled out for simply 55 and India succumbing to a surprising collapse of their very own.
Extra wickets have fallen in a single day simply 4 instances within the historical past of Take a look at cricket, with ball dominating bat all through three breathless periods that ushered the sport in the direction of a fast conclusion at Newlands.
At stumps South Africa have been 62 for 3 within the second innings, solely 36 behind after India had misplaced their final six wickets for no runs within the house of 11 deliveries. From 153 for 4 they have been rounded up in successive overs by the impressed pairing of Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada with out including to their whole./
Dean Elgar, South Africa’s retiring stand-in captain, suffered the ignominy of ending his worldwide batting profession with two dismissals on the identical day however no less than shared that ache with team-mates Tony de Zorzi and Tristan Stubbs.
Elgar had received the toss and opted to bat within the morning however noticed his determination blow up spectacularly as India skittled the hosts for his or her lowest Take a look at rating in 92 years.
Mohammed Siraj did many of the harm with figures of six for 15, with two apiece for Jasprit Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar, the latter with out conceding a run, because the innings subsided in lower than 24 overs.
India took the lead in simply 10 overs after lunch, Rohit Sharma taking the assault to the house seamers with a fast 39. The vacationers have been primed to hammer house an enormous benefit at 105 for 2 with Shubman Gill (36) and Virat Kohli (46) on the crease, however there was one other twist within the story.
- 27 (Eng v Aus at Lord’s, 1888)
- 25 (Aus v Eng at Melbourne, 1902)
- 24 (Eng v Aus on the Oval, 1896)
- 24 (Ind v Afg at Bengaluru, 2018)
- 23 (SA v Aus at Cape City, 2011)
- 23 (SA v Ind at Cape City, 2023)
Issues took an enormous handbrake flip within the thirty third over when Ngidi dismissed KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Bumrah in a triple-wicket maiden.
Unbelievably, three extra fell within the subsequent 5 deliveries on the different finish, Rabada caring for Kohli and Prasidh Krishna both facet of Siraj’s run out.
The third innings of the day obtained below method within the night session, Kumar choosing up two extra and Bumrah including a 3rd as Aiden Markram’s 36 not out supplied some belated resistance from the Proteas.
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