2018 India Tour of South Africa Jan 05 - Feb 24,2018 - South Africa Vs India Second Test @ Centurion Jan 13-17,2018 - South Africa Won The Toss And Chose To Bat First Saturday Jan 13,2018

 

 

Day One Saturday Jan 13,2018

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first

India made 3 changes for this test match

Apart from replacing Kumar with Ishant Sharma, Virat Kohli brought in Parthiv Patel for Wriddhiman Saha, who became the keeper with the most dismissals in Test match in Cape Town with a hand in 10 wickets, and KL Rahul for Shikhar Dhawan.

Squads

South Africa 
 Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungisani Ngidi, Morne Morkel

India 
Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, Parthiv Patel(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma

At close of play South AFrica were 269/6 with Faf du Plesis 24* & Keshav Maharaj 10*at the crease

Earlier Aiden Makhram missed the ton by 6 runs and scored 94 (150 Balls 4x15)and Hasim Amla 82(153 Balls 4x14)

Wicket Takers(India)
Ravichandran Ashwin  4/113(38.5 Overs)
Ishant Sharma               3/46(22 Overs)
Mohammad Shami        1/58(15 Overs)



Day Two Sunday Jan 14,2018

Resuming from 269/6 South Africa were byndled out for 335 in 113.5 Overs 
Captain Faf du Plesis scored 63(142 Balls 4x9)
At close of play India were 183/5 in 61 Overs trailing SA by 152 Runs with Virat Kohli 85* and Hardik Pandya 11*

Earlier K L Rahul(10) Cheteshwar Pujara (00)Murali Vijay(46) Rohit Sharma (10)and Parthiv Patel  (19)

Day Three Monday Jan 15,2018

Resuming at 183/5 India were all out for 307 with Captain Virat Kohli scoring 153 - his 21 Test Ton

Virat Kohli Beats Sachin Tendulkar to Become 4th Fastest to 21 Test Tons

Virat Kohli's century in the first innings not only has kept India in the match, it has once again showed why he is considered the best Indian batsman of this generation.

 Despite wickets falling all around him, Kohli kept his cool and batted with great composure to reach the three-figure mark.

This was Virat Kohli's 21st Test century and it was one that the Indian captain would cherish for a long time, as he beat his idol Sachin Tendulkar to the mark.

Virat Kohli is now the fourth fastest batsman to reach the 21-century mark in Test cricket, reaching the milestone in 109 innings

Sachin Tendulkar has now been relegated to the fifth position, having taken 110 innings to reach the mark.

Australian captain and run machine Steven Smith is the third fastest, having taken 105 innings to score 21 Test tons. Former Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar is second on the list, while the great Aussie Don Bradman tops the list, having taken only 56 innings to reach the mark.