Test Cricket at it’s very best? The India Cricket Team first demolished South Africa for just 55 runs. They came back hard and started to score runs in a quick flurry. Post tea, the tides turned. India lost 6 wickets without adding a solitary run on the scoreboard.
With Lungi Ngidi triggering the batting collapse when he struck three wickets in his maiden over. The rest wickets continued to fall like a pack of cards as India ended their innings for 153, with a lead of 98 runs. The last 11 balls of the South African spell read – W 0 W 0 W 0 0 W 0 W W.
The India team lost all composure once KL Rahul departed. Virat Kohli lead the charge and approached his fifty. Shreyas Iyer departed for a duck which brought KL to the crease. The resilient KL remained on the crease for 33 balls before Ngidi got rid of the Indian wicket-keeper.
It was the wicket following which the floodgates opened. Batters came and left in mere balls as India failed to add a single run on the board after KL’s departure.
Ravindra Jadeja who missed the first Test, came to the crease. He survived for a ball before departing on the second ball for a duck. With no Shardul Thakur in team, Jasprit Bumrah walked in at number 8. He too survived for 2 balls before departing for a duck.
Virat Kohli was next to depart. Desperate to hit a big shot and get his fifty. He hacked hard at whatever he got, and ended up giving a catch to the slips. Siraj and Prasidh departed on consecutive balls as India ended their innings for 153.
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