India vs South Africa Highlights- 1st Test and 3rd day with South African batters on the ground, Dean Elgar and Marco Jansen taking the field. It was unclear whether Temba Bavuma would bat because there had been no information on the injured captain, but toward the conclusion, it was confirmed that he would not bat. Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets in the post-lunch session, ensuring India’s lead could not exceed 170 runs.

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The first innings of the Proteas ended at 408. They hold a 163-run lead. India will face the Proteas in Centurion, captained by Rohit Sharma. Temba Bavuma, South Africa’s captain, won the toss and opted to bowl first. The first day of the first Test match was hampered by weather, while India’s prospects were harmed by a batting collapse in the top order.

Brief descriptions of the Match:

Highlights of the Third Test between South Africa and India: IND vs. SA: Virat Kohli (76) was dismissed by Marco Jansen as South Africa defeated India by an innings and 32 runs. India was all out after only managing to score 131 in the second innings.

Test 1 of 2: South Africa leads 1-0.

The five-day test match between South Africa and India ended on the 3rd day on Thursday. South Africa recorded a massive win against India by 32 runs and an inning of five-day runs.

South African Bowling Attack in the 3rd day:

South African bowling line-up showed no mercy to the Indian batters. N. Burger took 4 wickets, M. Jansen bagged 3 wickets while K. Rabada extracted 2 important wickets for their team.

India vs South Africa Highlights-Player of the Match:

South African batter Dean Elgar became the player of the match scoring 185 runs off 287 balls in the first innings.

India vs South Africa Highlights-India in 1st Innings

It was South African captain Temba Bavuma who won the toss and decided to ball first. Amid rain and losing top order batters on the very first day, Indian batters scored a total of 245 runs, K.L. Rahul making a remarkable century scoring 101 runs off 137 balls.K. Rabada took a Halling 5 wickets followed by N. Burger’s 3 wickets, M. Jansen and G. Coetzee picked a single wicket each.

South Africa’s response in 1st Innings:

South African batters made a total of 408 runs in response. D. Elgar scored gigantic 185 runs though missed the chance of his double century while M Jansen made his half-century scoring 84 runs.

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India in 2nd Innings:

India somehow managed to score 131 with all batters down and was trailing by 163 runs ending with a loss by 32 runs. It was only Virat Kohli in the 2nd innings who stood alone and made 76 runs off 82 balls but got no support from the other end.

India’s playing 11:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.

South Africa’s playing 11:

Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma, Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada and Nandre Burger.

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World Test Championship Ranking: After the match-

After the win South Africa clinched the top of the World Test Championship Ranking followed by Pakistan in the 2nd position, New Zealand in the 3rd, and Bangladesh in the 4th. While India slipped to 5th position and Australia is struggling at the 6th.

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