Sports Updates By Newsparviews : On a tumultuous opening day in Cape Town, as many as 23 wickets fell, including a never-before-seen collapse of 6 for 0। This was the first time in 2522 Tests that a team lost six wickets without getting any runs। India set an unexpected record when they went from 153 for 4 to 153 all out in 11 balls. This was in contrast to South Africa’s 55 all out in the afternoon session।
India was still ahead on a Newlands pitch that provided a lot of seam movement and bounce throughout the day despite that breakdown। The batters found it extremely challenging to bat, especially when the bowlers forced them to play a shot, because even the old ball misbehaved off the surface। In this century, only once has more wickets fallen in one day in Test cricket।
Dean Elgar became the only player to be dismissed twice on the same day as Australia’s Jack Barrett। In 1890,
After choosing to bat, Elgar was bowled off an inside edge for 4 in the first innings by Mohammed Siraj, where South Africa folded in 23.2 overs। Siraj’s recent ball spell 9-3-15-6 skittled South Africa for 55 in one session, which is the lowest total against India in Test cricket। India then led with less than ten overs, and Rohit Sharma played better than a run-a-ball during those initial exchanges। Nevertheless, the late collapse, caused by Lungi Ngidi’s triple-strike, returned South Africa to the game।
The first batsman out of the game, Aiden Markram, then made it through 51 balls in South Africa’s second innings to get his team even closer to par. However, India still hold a sizable advantage of 36, which looks even larger from this angle.
In their opening innings, South Africa played only 55 strokes that they could not control. At 55, they were knocked out. That indicates that one error out of every five has a high cost.
India was the same. Fifty percent of the shots they made were not under their control. once more at a ratio of one in five. Over the course of three innings, there were just seven double-digit scores. If this game is concluded in under 34.1 overs on It will be the shortest Test ever on Thursday.
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