South Africa vs India 1st Test at Cape Town, 05 Jan, 2018

Toss: South Africa, who chose to bat
South Africa 286/10 (73.1)  &  129/10 (41.2)
India 209/10 (73.4)  &  135/10 (42.4)
South Africa won by 72 runs
Man of the Match: Vernon Philander
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar 13 * (41)

Over 8.2Morne Morkel bowls full toss to Rohit Sharma, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.No runs

Over 8.3Morne Morkel bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 8.4Morne Morkel bowls short of length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 8.5Morne Morkel bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 8.6Morne Morkel bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, goes back and across and punches it straight to pointNo runs

Over 11.1 Kagiso Rabada bowls a back of length delivery to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and plays it down to third man fence for four.

Over 11.2 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 11.3 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Virat Kohli, 1 run, gets forward and push it away on the off side and picks up a quick single.

Over 11.4 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara, no runs, gets behind the line on the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 11.5 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara, no runs, gets forward and shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 11.6 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it away on the off side and picks up one more.

Over 13.1 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and flicks it down to fine leg fence for four.

Over 13.2 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, comes on to the front foot and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 13.3 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, 1 run, gets across the line and works it through mid wicket and picks up an easy single.

Over 13.4 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Rohit Sharma, 3 runs, comes on to the front foot and punches it along the ground through mid off and picks up three runs.

Over 13.5 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets behind the line on the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 13.6 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it along the ground to long off and picks up couple of runs.

Over 15.1Dale Steyn bowls pitched up delivery to Rohit Sharma, flicks it off his pads towards the deep mid wicket regionTwo runs

Over 15.2Dale Steyn bowls short of length delivery to Rohit Sharma, opens up on the backfoot to defend that towards the legside.No runs

Over 15.3Dale Steyn bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets forward and defends it towards covers.No runs

Over 15.4Dale Steyn bowls short of length delivery to Rohit Sharma, goes back and across and punches it past the fielder at point. Three runs

Over 16.1Vernon Philander bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets beaten on the frontfoot by that good delivery.No runs

Over 16.2Vernon Philander bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets forward and defends it towards covers.No runs

Over 16.3Vernon Philander bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets forward and defends it towards point.No runs

Over 16.4Vernon Philander bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets beaten on the frontfoot by that good delivery.No runs

Over 16.5Vernon Philander bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets back and shoulders arms to that outside off.No runs

Over 16.6Vernon Philander bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets forward and defends it towards point.No runs

Over 18.1Vernon Philander bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets beaten on the frontfoot by that good delivery.No runs

Over 18.2Vernon Philander bowls good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets back and shoulders arms to that outside off.No runs

Over 18.3Vernon Philander bowls pitched up delivery to Rohit Sharma, gets forward and drives it straight to mid off.No runs

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