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South Africa won the first match of the two test match series against India. In the second innings, Team India’s innings collapsed. Except for Virat Kohli, none of the other batsmen could stand up. This ended India’s defeat on the third day itself. Captain Rohit Sharma, Yashaswi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer, who failed in the first innings, were bowled in the second innings as well. With this, South Africa’s innings won by 32 runs against India. This single victory was a huge advantage for South Africa. The Safari team rose directly from the seventh position to the first position in the World Test Championship. And with this terrible defeat, India’s position has deteriorated. It dropped straight from first place to fifth place. So now team India will have to work hard to be in the race for the finals. Equalizing the series is also a challenge.
South Africa topped the World Test Championship with a win percentage of 100. Due to the lack of result in the match between Pakistan and Australia, Pakistan continues at the number two position. New Zealand and Bangladesh are joint third. India’s win percentage dropped from 67 to 44.44 percent. So it fell to the fifth position. Australia is sixth with 41.67 percent, West Indies seventh with 16.67 percent and England eighth with 15 percent.
In this match, South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first. Team India was bowled out for 245 runs in the first innings. In return, South Africa scored 408 runs and gained a lead of 163 runs. After that, in the second innings, Team India rolled the mat for 131 runs. Rohit Sena lost the innings by 32 runs.
South Africa has very high chance to qualify for WTC final in 2023-25 cycle because South Africa will not face Australia and England in this cycle. SA away tour – Ban,NZ,WI SA home series -IND,PAK,SL#INDvSA #PAKvsAUS #WTC25 pic.twitter.com/hhZVRsvTp0
— Muhammad Shadan (@imshadan16) December 28, 2023
Playing XI of both teams
South Africa (Playing XI): Dean Elgar, Aidan Markram, Tony De Georgi, Temba Bavuma (captain), Keegan Pietersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Wren (wicketkeeper), Marco Janssen, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Andre Berger
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashaswi Jaiswal, Shubham Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicket keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Prasoo Krishna
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