The Indian cricket crew on Thursday capped off the tour to South Africa with a seven-wicket win within the second Take a look at match and sqaured the sequence 1-1. It was a match that belonged to Indian pacers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah, who picked 15 wickets amongst themselves. Within the first innings, Siraj picked 6 for 15 whereas Bumrah scalped two wickets. Within the following innings of South Africa, Bumrah returned figures of 6 for 61 whereas Siraj additionally picked one wicket.
The victory improved India’s place within the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) 2023-25 factors desk whereas it noticed the Proteas slip from the highest spot. The Rohit Sharma-led facet is now on the helm with 54.16 proportion factors whereas the Proteas slipped to the second spot with 50 proportion factors. This noticed Pakistan dropping the fifth spot and slip to the sixth place with 45.83 proportion factors.
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India beat South Africa by seven wickets to share the honours within the two-match sequence because the second Take a look at ended inside 5 classes in Cape City on Thursday.
Visiting India thus accomplished a exceptional comeback after dropping the primary Take a look at in Centurion by an innings and 32 runs.
Quick bowler Bumrah completed with wonderful figures as India bowled South Africa out for 176 to set themselves a goal of 79, after Aiden Markram had struck an impressive, counterattacking 106 off 103 balls earlier than Lunch.
The hosts accomplished the chase within the second session with skipper Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer remaining not out on 17 and 4 respectively.
That is the shortest Take a look at match ever when it comes to overs bowled, bettering the earlier finest that concerned Australia and South Africa on the MCG manner again in 1932.
A complete of 106.2 overs have been bowled within the match.
Earlier, India’s tempo spearhead Bumrah bowled fantastically after the opening day’s play noticed a staggering 23 wickets fall on a really fast Newlands floor with inconsistent bounce.
India had collapsed to 153 all out of their first innings within the remaining session of day one after skittling out South Africa for 55.
South Africa have been 62 for 3 in a single day, trailing by 36 runs.
Indian cricket crew’s subsequent Take a look at task can be a five-match sequence in opposition to England, beginning January 25.
(With PTI Inputs)
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