Centurion: India’s batting collapse on the first day in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa. India were 208 for eight when the match was stopped early due to rain. The Indian score crossed 200 thanks to the excellent batting of KL Rahul who scored 70 runs without getting out. Kagiso Rabada took 5 wickets for 44 runs and broke the Indian batting line. Virat Kohli scored 38 runs and Shreyas Iyer scored 31 runs for India.
Earlier, the game started late due to dampness on the pitch. South African captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and sent India into bat. Ravindra Jadeja is not in the squad due to injury. R Ashwin is the spinner of the team.
India first lost the wicket of skipper Rohit Sharma who scored five runs. Rohit Sharma was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada. Burger dismissed Yaswaswee Jaiswal who scored 17 runs and Shubman Gill who scored two runs. With this, India’s score stood at 24 for three. Then the Kohli-Iyer combination at the crease pulled India out of the slump. But Kagiso Rabada again gave the hosts a break after hitting Shreyas Iyer’s stump. He added 68 runs for the third wicket. Rabada also dismissed Kohli soon after. With this, the Indians were 107 for five.
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KL Rahul, who came to the crease to replace Shreyas Iyer, saved India from a big collapse. Rahul took India’s score past 150 by picking up Shardul Thakur for the seventh wicket. The duo added 43 runs for the seventh wicket. Shardul Thakur scored 24 runs. Mohammad Siraj is at the crease without scoring any runs along with Rahul who scored 70 runs when the game was stopped on the first day. R Ashwin was out for eight runs and Jasprit Bumrah for one run. For South Africa, Andre Berger took two wickets and Marco Janssen took one wicket.
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Pacer Prasad Krishna made his Test debut for India. Pacer Jasprit Bumrah handed over the Test cap to the star. Andre Berger and David Bedingham made their Test debuts for South Africa.
Indian Team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashaswi Jaiswal, Subhman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Pyath Krishna, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.
South Africa Team: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Tony De Sorsi, Temba Bavuma (captain), Keegan Pietersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Vereyne (wicket keeper), Marco Janssen, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Kagiso Rabada, Andre Burger
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- First Published : December 26, 2023, 8:59 pm IST
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