India are in tatters as South African bowlers wrecked havoc in Indian batting line up. But, Indian lower order helped India to cross the 200 run mark. Many cricket experts are saying on a turning wicket Indian batsmen are finding difficult to cope with South African pace attack.

India with tree spinner will be difficult for South Africa batsmen. For South Africa, Morne Morkel has taken and  Simon Harmer has picked 4 while Kagiso Rabada, Dean Elgar and Imran Tahir has taken one each.

Dean Elgar flying catch put the curtain on Wriddhiman Saha’s stubborn 32 run innings. Opener Murali Vijay scored 40 runs before being trapped lbw by Morne Morkel. 

South Africa bundled out India for 215 runs. India’s tumble start with Shikhar Dhawan’s wicket as Dean Elgar caught and bowled the Indian left-handed opening batsman. Pujara and Kohli scored 21 and 22 respectively. 

 

India were 125 for 6 as Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane were sent back by Morkel and Harmer. Ravindra Jadeja showed resistance and scored 34 before Kagiso Rabada castled him. Wriddhiman Saha looked strong to defy South Africa bowlers, but, a stunning catch by JP Duminy ended his innings for 32. Ashwin also played a 15 runs innings before Imran Tahir bamboozled him. 

With 30 minutes, South Africa came to bat. With India have three specialist spinners-Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra in the rank South Africa batsmen once again can find themselves in the jungle of wolves. 

India’s 215 is the highest score of this series as in the last two Tests India scored 201 and 200 in the first Test while South Africa scored 214 in the Bangalore Test, which was washed out due to heavy rain.

Meanwhile, Simon Harmer was captured in a funny moment of the match. Harmer has taken 4 wickets. His victims were Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha and Amit Mishra. 

Sudipta Biswas

Sports Crazy man, Live in cricket, Love writing, Studied English journalism in Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Chose sports as the subject for study, Born 24 years ago during the 1992 Cricket world...

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