Team India won Cape Town Test
IND vs SA 2nd Test: The second and decisive match of the two-match Test series between India and South Africa was played at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. In this match, Team India defeated South Africa and ended the series on par. Team India had to face a crushing defeat in the first match of the series. But in this match, the Indian players made a brilliant comeback and were successful in drawing the Test series in South Africa for the second time.
Team India hoisted the tricolor in Cape Town
The Cape Town Test was very low scoring and the dominance of the bowlers was seen. In the 5-day test match, both the teams could not bat together for two days. It is very rare to see the result of a test match being declared in just two days. The heroes of Team India’s victory in this match were fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj. Jasprit Bumrah took 8 wickets and Mohammad Siraj took 7 wickets in this match.
23 wickets fell on the first day of the game
In the match, Africa won the toss and decided to bat first. But Team India had bowled out South Africa for 55 runs in the first innings of the Cape Town Test match. For India, Siraj spent 15 runs in 9 overs and took 6 wickets. Whereas, Jasprit Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar got 2-2 wickets. In response, Team India also could not do much and was all out for 153 runs in its first innings. At the end of the first day’s play at stumps, Africa had scored 62 runs for three wickets in their second innings.
African team collapsed in the first session of the second day
When the second day’s play started, the South African team was behind by 36 runs. After this, Aiden Markram took over the team’s innings and scored a brilliant century. But the process of falling wickets continued from the other end. The South African team was all out after scoring 176 runs in the second innings. In such a situation, Team India had a target of 79 runs to win this match, which the Indian team easily achieved by losing 3 wickets.
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