India vs South Africa, 2nd Test Day 2: IND Beats SA by 7 Wickets, Levels Series 1-1 in Cape Town
In a thrilling encounter at Cape Town, India secured a decisive victory against South Africa on the second day of the 2nd Test, leveling the series 1-1. The Indian team chased down the target with seven wickets in hand, showcasing a commendable performance.
Match Summary:
- Result: India beat South Africa by 7 wickets.
- Series Level: The victory in Cape Town has leveled the series 1-1.
- Venue: The match took place at Cape Town, providing an exciting contest between the two cricketing nations.
Score Card :
South Africa 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiden Markram | c Jaiswal b Mohammed Siraj | 2 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
| Dean Elgar (c) | b Mohammed Siraj | 4 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 26.66 | ||
| Tony de Zorzi | c †Rahul b Mohammed Siraj | 2 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 11.76 | ||
| Tristan Stubbs | c Sharma b Bumrah | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 | ||
| David Bedingham | c Jaiswal b Mohammed Siraj | 12 | 17 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 70.58 | ||
| Kyle Verreynne † | c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Siraj | 15 | 30 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Marco Jansen | c †Rahul b Mohammed Siraj | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Keshav Maharaj | c Bumrah b Mukesh Kumar | 3 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | ||
| Kagiso Rabada | c Iyer b Mukesh Kumar | 5 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 38.46 | ||
| Nandre Burger | c Jaiswal b Bumrah | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 | ||
| Lungi Ngidi | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1) | 5 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 23.2 Ov (RR: 2.35) | 55 | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Aiden Markram, 3.2 ov), 2-8 (Dean Elgar, 5.3 ov), 3-11 (Tristan Stubbs, 8.3 ov), 4-15 (Tony de Zorzi, 9.2 ov), 5-34 (David Bedingham, 15.2 ov), 6-34 (Marco Jansen, 15.5 ov), 7-45 (Kyle Verreynne, 17.5 ov), 8-46 (Keshav Maharaj, 19.6 ov), 9-55 (Nandre Burger, 22.6 ov), 10-55 (Kagiso Rabada, 23.2 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasprit Bumrah | 8 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 3.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 9 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Prasidh Krishna | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Mukesh Kumar | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
India 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | b Rabada | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Rohit Sharma (c) | c Jansen b Burger | 39 | 50 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 78.00 | ||
| Shubman Gill | c Jansen b Burger | 36 | 55 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 65.45 | ||
| Virat Kohli | c Markram b Rabada | 46 | 59 | 103 | 6 | 1 | 77.96 | ||
| Shreyas Iyer | c †Verreynne b Burger | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| KL Rahul † | c †Verreynne b Ngidi | 8 | 33 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 24.24 | ||
| Ravindra Jadeja | c Jansen b Ngidi | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Jasprit Bumrah | c Jansen b Ngidi | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Mohammed Siraj | run out (Burger) | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Prasidh Krishna | c Markram b Rabada | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Mukesh Kumar | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 10, nb 5, w 5) | 24 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 34.5 Ov (RR: 4.39) | 153 | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2.1 ov), 2-72 (Rohit Sharma, 14.2 ov), 3-105 (Shubman Gill, 20.6 ov), 4-110 (Shreyas Iyer, 22.2 ov), 5-153 (KL Rahul, 33.1 ov), 6-153 (Ravindra Jadeja, 33.3 ov), 7-153 (Jasprit Bumrah, 33.5 ov), 8-153 (Virat Kohli, 34.2 ov), 9-153 (Mohammed Siraj, 34.4 ov), 10-153 (Prasidh Krishna, 34.5 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagiso Rabada | 11.5 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 3.21 | 1 | 0 |
| Lungi Ngidi | 6 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 5.00 | 0 | 3 |
| Nandre Burger | 8 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 5.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Jansen | 9 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 3.22 | 0 | 2 |
South Africa 2nd Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiden Markram | c Sharma b Mohammed Siraj | 106 | 103 | 164 | 17 | 2 | 102.91 | ||
| Dean Elgar (c) | c Kohli b Mukesh Kumar | 12 | 28 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 42.85 | ||
| Tony de Zorzi | c †Rahul b Mukesh Kumar | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | ||
| Tristan Stubbs | c †Rahul b Bumrah | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 | ||
| David Bedingham | c †Rahul b Bumrah | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 91.66 | ||
| Kyle Verreynne † | c Mohammed Siraj b Bumrah | 9 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 128.57 | ||
| Marco Jansen | c & b Bumrah | 11 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 122.22 | ||
| Keshav Maharaj | c Iyer b Bumrah | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
| Kagiso Rabada | c Sharma b Prasidh Krishna | 2 | 12 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | ||
| Nandre Burger | not out | 6 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | ||
| Lungi Ngidi | c Jaiswal b Bumrah | 8 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 5) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 36.5 Ov (RR: 4.77) | 176 | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Dean Elgar, 10.2 ov), 2-41 (Tony de Zorzi, 12.1 ov), 3-45 (Tristan Stubbs, 15.2 ov), 4-66 (David Bedingham, 17.6 ov), 5-85 (Kyle Verreynne, 21.1 ov), 6-103 (Marco Jansen, 23.5 ov), 7-111 (Keshav Maharaj, 25.2 ov), 8-162 (Aiden Markram, 31.4 ov), 9-162 (Kagiso Rabada, 32.1 ov), 10-176 (Lungi Ngidi, 36.5 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasprit Bumrah | 13.5 | 0 | 61 | 6 | 4.40 | 0 | 1 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 9 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 3.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Mukesh Kumar | 10 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 5.60 | 0 | 4 |
| Prasidh Krishna | 4 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 |
India 2nd Innings (T: 79 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | c Stubbs b Burger | 28 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 121.73 | ||
| Rohit Sharma (c) | not out | 16 | 22 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 72.72 | ||
| Shubman Gill | b Rabada | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 90.90 | ||
| Virat Kohli | c †Verreynne b Jansen | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 109.09 | ||
| Shreyas Iyer | not out | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 6) | 10 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 12 Ov (RR: 6.66) | 80/3 | |||||||
| Did not bat: KL Rahul †, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 5.4 ov), 2-57 (Shubman Gill, 8.3 ov), 3-75 (Virat Kohli, 11.1 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagiso Rabada | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Nandre Burger | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Marco Jansen | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7.50 | 1 | 1 |
Key Moments:
- Bowling Dominance: India’s bowlers set the stage for victory by limiting South Africa to a challenging yet achievable target. Notable performances came from the bowlers, creating opportunities for the batsmen.
- South Africa’s Innings: South Africa posted a competitive total in their second innings, creating a target that tested India’s batting prowess. Key contributions from South African batsmen added intensity to the contest.
- Indian Batting Display: India’s batsmen exhibited skill and resilience, successfully chasing down the target with seven wickets remaining. A strong batting performance contributed significantly to India’s victory.
Top Performers:
- Bowling Excellence: Indian bowlers displayed remarkable skills, with standout performances from key players. The bowling unit’s collective effort was instrumental in restricting South Africa’s innings.
- Centurions and Crucial Partnerships: Batsmen from both teams showcased their talent, with centurions and partnerships playing crucial roles. Individual brilliance and effective collaborations shaped the outcome of the match.
- Man of the Match: The standout player, recognized for an exceptional contribution, was awarded the Man of the Match title. This player’s performance played a pivotal role in India’s success.
Post-Match Reactions:
- Team Captains: Captains of both teams shared their thoughts on the match, reflecting on key moments and strategies. Insights into team dynamics and future plans were discussed.
- Player Interviews: Interviews with key players provided deeper insights into their performances, strategies, and the overall team atmosphere. Players expressed their views on the series and the significance of the win.
The series is now level at 1-1, setting the stage for an exciting finale. The tied series adds anticipation and importance to the upcoming matches, with both teams eager to claim victory.
Social media platforms buzzed with reactions from cricket enthusiasts worldwide. Fans celebrated outstanding performances, shared memorable moments, and engaged in discussions about the thrilling encounter.