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India overcame a first innings batting collapse to level the two-match Test series by beating South Africa by seven wickets at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town.
With this win, Rohit Sharma became just the second Indian skipper after MS Dhoni to avoid a Test series defeat in South Africa. Prior to this series, India had lost seven and drawn one Test series in South Africa since 1992. Interestingly, this was also India's first-ever Test win in Cape Town.
The match ended in just five sessions off play, making it the shortest Test with a result in terms of overs bowled. The previous shortest Test was played between Australia and South Africa in 1932, when the Aussies came out on top in a match that lasted for 109.2 overs in Melbourne.
This match ended in 107.1 overs, with South Africa's first innings lasting 23.2 overs, India's first innings lasting 34.5 overs, South Africa batting for 37 overs in their second innings, and India chasing down the target in 12 overs, making for a total of 107.1 overs being bowled in Cape Town.
1st INNINGS CARNAGE
Day 1 witnessed a staggering total of 23 wickets falling, making it a one-of-a-kind anomaly. Mohammed Siraj delivered a spectacular performance with a six-wicket haul, pulverising South Africa to their lowest post-apartheid score of 55, having been bowled out within the first session itself.
While Siraj registered his career-best figures by picking six wickets and leaking just 15 runs in nine overs, Mukesh Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah chipped in with two wickets each.
India then got off to a decent start with skipper Rohit Sharma (39) and Shubman Gill (36) stitching an important partnership. Following their dismissals, Virat Kohli took the team past the 150-run mark, scoring 46 runs. But then the collapse started with Lungi Ngidi picking three wickets in the 34th over, dismissing KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah.
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Mohammed Siraj was then run out in the next over, before Kagiso Rabada joined the party and sent Kohli and Prasidh Krishna back to the pavilion, bowling the visitors out for 153 runs.
India, who were cruising at 153 for 4, lost their last six wickets in 11 balls without adding a single run on the scoreboard.
ELGAR BIDS FAREWELL
Dean Elgar became the first South African batter to fall in their second innings. Elgar departed after scoring 12 runs off 28 deliveries in what was his final match in international cricket. As he walked back following his dismissal on Day 1 of the match, both Proteas and Indian players united in giving him a heartfelt ovation.
SOURCE:INDIA TODAY
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