India vs South Africa First Test Day 3 Centurion Match Report 2023

Dean Elgar scored a fantastic 185, South Africa beat India by an innings and 32 runs in the second test at Centurion on Thursday.

Resuming the day at 256/5, the overnight pair of Elgar and Marco Jansen added 104 more runs for the sixth wicket before Thakur broke the stand by dismissing the former caught down the leg side for 185.

Jansen featured in yet another crucial 31 run stand for the seventh wicket alongside Gerald Coetzee before the latter was dismissed by Ravi Ashwin for 19.

Bumrah knocked over Kagiso Rabada (1) and Nandre Burger (0) as the hosts were bowled out for 408, with an overall lead of 163 runs. Skipper Temba Bavuma could not come bat due to injury.

In response, India got off to a disastrous start as skipper Rohit Sharma (0) was once again dismissed by Kagiso Rabada for a duck.

Yashasvi Jaiswal (5) then gloved a short ball bouncer from Burger to wicket keeper behind the stumps. Shubman Gill (26) looked solid before being rattled by a full delivery from Jansen.

Shreyas Iyer inside edged a delivery from left arm pacer Jansen on to his stumps for 6.

Burger then pegged India back by claiming the important wicket of the first innings centurion caught at second slip by Markram. Ravi Ashwin fended the next delivery to gully as the visitors slumped to 96/6.

Virat Kohli looked sublime, hitting 12 fours and a six in his knock of 76. He however was the last man dismissed, caught brilliantly by Rabada as India were bundled out for 131 in 34.1 overs.

South Africa 408 (Elgar 185, Jansen 84*, Bedingham 56, Bumrah 4-69) beat India 245 (Rahul 101, Rabada 5-59) and 131 (Kohli 76, Burger 4-33, Jansen 3-36) by an innings and 32 runs

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