South Africa vs India, 3rd Test Day 1 Analysis – India all out for 233
SAvIND: The final Test gets underway in Cape Town. Newlands Cricket Ground, South Africa.
South Africa vs India, 3rd Test Day 1 Analysis – India all out for 233: India all out for 223 after skipper Kohli’s 79. Virat Kohli contributed 34% of India’s total. His 79 at Cape Town was a masterclass of defensive batting in tough conditions. He lasted 201 deliveries. Only two of his team-mates could bat even 25% of that.
India were all out for 223 in their first innings on the opening day of the third Test against South Africa here on Tuesday. South Africa pacers tested him with 68 balls outside off out of the first 100 balls they bowled at him in this innings. Kohli left alone 44 of those balls.
Kohli revealed Mohammed Siraj, still recovering from a hamstring strain, will miss the third Test and the final Test.
India will have to choose between Ishant Sharma, who brings with him an off-stump line and bounce, and Umesh Yadav, a skiddy, faster bowler with two-way movement.
Lungi Ngidi snares the last wicket – Virat Kohli’s 79 the highest score of the innings on Cape Town Test. Kohli, who had missed the second Test due to a back injury. – Criiic.com
Skipper Virat Kohli has recovered from his upper back spasm and will lead India in the decider – it is 1-1 after two Tests – of the Freedom series, beginning here on Tuesday.
Scores Summary
India 1st innings: 223 all out in 77.3 overs on Day 1. (Cheteshwar Pujara 43, Virat Kohli 79; Kagiso Rabada 4/73). Day 1 – Session 3: South Africa trail by 210 runs. SA (6.4 ov)13/1. Dean Elgar c Cheteshwar Pujara b Jasprit Bumrah 3(16b 0x4 0x6). Maharaj walks in as night-watchman. Two dots to end the over.
INDIA AND SOUTH AFRICA PLAYING XI
| 1 | KL Rahul | Dean Elgar (c) |
| Opening Batter | Opening Batter | |
| 2 | Mayank Agarwal | Aiden Markram |
| Batter | Opening Batter | |
| 3 | Cheteshwar Pujara | Keshav Maharaj |
| Top-Order Batter | Bowler | |
| 4 | Virat Kohli (c) | Keegan Petersen |
| Top-Order Batter | Top-Order Batter | |
| 5 | Ajinkya Rahane | Rassie van der Dussen |
| Top-Order Batter | Top-Order Batter | |
| 6 | Rishabh Pant † | Temba Bavuma |
| Wicketkeeper Batter | Middle-Order Batter | |
| 7 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Kyle Verreynne † |
| Bowling Allrounder | Wicketkeeper Batter | |
| 8 | Shardul Thakur | Marco Jansen |
| Bowler | Bowling Allrounder | |
| 9 | Jasprit Bumrah | Kagiso Rabada |
| Bowler | Bowler | |
| 10 | Umesh Yadav | Duanne Olivier |
| Bowler | Bowler | |
| 11 | Mohammed Shami | Lungi Ngidi |
| Bowler | Bowler |
INDIA: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma.
SOUTH AFRICA: Dean Elgar (c), Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Duanne Olivier, Lungi Ngidi.
