03/01Result
2nd Test, India tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 3-4 2024
India won by 7 wkts
Player of the Match
Mohammed Siraj
Mohammed SirajIndia
03/01Result
2nd Test, India tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 3-4 2024
India won by 7 wkts
Player of the Match
Mohammed Siraj
Mohammed SirajIndia

ROhit: "6 ducks in India's scorecard. Certainly a record?" --- Yes, the joint-most

3.58pm Just 11 deliveries ago, India were 153 for 4 with a lead of 98. Ngidi, who had leaked 30 from five overs until then, changed the complexion with a three-wicket maiden. Kohli watched all that from the non-striker's end. On the second ball of the next over, he too departed, with Rabada inducing an outside edge. Siraj was run-out two balls later, and Rabada wrapped up the innings with the subsequent delivery. It's the first ever instance of six wickets falling on the same score in a Test, says Sampath. The first two innings lasted only 349 balls, the second-fewest ever in Test cricket.

34.5
W
Rabada to Prasidh Krishna, OUT, It's all over. India have lost their last six wickets without adding another run. Full outside off. Mukesh hangs his bat out, gets an outside edge and Markram from second slip pouches another, diving across to his left and getting both hands to it

M Prasidh Krishna c Markram b Rabada 0 (8m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Mukesh Kumar

34.4
W
Rabada to Prasidh Krishna, OUT, Chaos. Chaos. A run-out now. A full ball around off. Prasidh pushes it towards mid-on. Siraj sets off for a single but Burger from short midwicket intercepts the ball. Prasidh sends Siraj back but it's of no use. Burger takes a few steps towards the stumps and flicks the ball onto them to find Siraj short

Mohammed Siraj run out 0 (12m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

34.3
0
Rabada to Prasidh Krishna, no run, full outside off. Steered towards backward point

Prasidh. Three slips, gully and short leg

34.2
W
Rabada to Kohli, OUT, Kohli too departs! A length ball in the channel. He pushes at it tentatively, gets an outside edge that goes low to second slip where Markram completes a tumbling catch. Kohli is waiting near the boundary line; looks like they are checking if the catch was clean. It was

V Kohli c Markram b Rabada 46 (103m 59b 6x4 1x6) SR: 77.96

34.1
0
Rabada to Kohli, no run, beaten. A length ball just outside off. Kohli goes for the drive and misses

Thanks, Shashank

END OF OVER:
34 | (wicket maiden) | IND: 153/7

  • Mohammed Siraj0 (1b)
  • Virat Kohli46 (57b)
  • Lungi Ngidi6-1-30-3
  • Kagiso Rabada11-2-38-1

What drama! Madness. Hemant is back to make sense of this

33.6
0
Ngidi to Mohammed Siraj, no run, rises with the bounce and defends. Triple-wicket over.

We've now seen 17 wickets fall today, the most in a day of Test cricket at Newlands.

33.5
W
Ngidi to Bumrah, OUT, that's three in the over for South Africa and they've come storming back. Dug in short, Bumrah can't get behind the line, is caught in two minds and the steep bounce has its say as the ball balloons off the shoulder of the bat to gully.

JJ Bumrah c Jansen b Ngidi 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

33.4
0
Ngidi to Bumrah, no run, squared up but manages to defend as he gets behind the line.

Bumrah at No. 8.

33.3
W
Ngidi to Jadeja, OUT, two in the over and it's the extra bounce that's felled Jadeja! This is dug in short, the ball ducks back in alarmingly to catch Jadeja by surprise, he isn't able to keep this down, tries to weave out of the way but the ball pops up off the glove as Jansen takes a good low catch at gully.

RA Jadeja c Jansen b Ngidi 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

33.2
0
Ngidi to Jadeja, no run, Jadeja gets besides the line and fends this short of length delivery into the off side

Jadeja comes in and Ngidi to bowl from around the wicket

33.1
W
Ngidi to Rahul, OUT, there's the edge! Loose shot from Rahul and it's Ngidi's extra bounce that's done the trick. Rahul couldn't resist going for that upper cut the moment he saw this short and wide but the ball just got a tad big on him. Rahul only managed the faintest of edges through to the keeper.

KL Rahul c †Verreynne b Ngidi 8 (51m 33b 1x4 0x6) SR: 24.24

Abhijeet: "@SAKharade. Bazball is hiding in plain sight. India is going at 4.5 Run rate and still people are asking where is Bazball :)"

END OF OVER:
33 | 5 Runs | IND: 153/4

  • KL Rahul8 (32b)
  • Virat Kohli46 (57b)
  • Kagiso Rabada11-2-38-1
  • Lungi Ngidi5-0-30-0

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32.6
1
Rabada to Rahul, 1 run, pulled, this isn't full-blooded through, rolls down to de Zorzi at deep square
32.5
0
Rabada to Rahul, no run, leading edge, but because he played it with soft hands, the ball doesn't go to gully.
32.4
4
Rabada to Rahul, FOUR, pulled away superbly. Got into position very quickly as he rolled his wrists nicely to hit that over square leg.
32.3
0
Rabada to Rahul, no run, appeal for lbw as the ball keeps low and skids through, but Rahul may have been saved by an inside edge. South Africa don't review and rightly so.

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