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Nothing has changed in the mind of Team India. South Africa repeated the poor performance on the soil. In the first Test against South Africa at the Centurion venue, Rohit Sena was defeated by a single innings of 32 runs. Thus, the home team took a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series. . South Africa opened the third day with an overnight score of 256/5 and were bowled out for 408 in the first innings. 163 runs lead over India. Later in the second innings, the Indian players could not stand at the crease. All were limited to single digit scores. With this, Team India was bowled out for 131 runs. Except for Kohli’s (76) lone struggle.. 8 batsmen reached the pavilion with single digit scores. Among the South African bowlers, Burger ruled India’s downfall with 4 wickets. Also, Marco Janssen took 3 wickets and Rabada took 2 wickets. Before that, it is known that India was bowled out for 245 runs in the first innings.
After scoring 245 runs in the first innings, Team India was worse in the second innings and were bowled out for just 131 runs. After batting first, Team India was expected to score big in the first innings, but the duo of Rohit Sharma and Yashaswi Jaiswal failed in both the innings. Rohit Sharma scored only 5 runs in two innings while Yashaswi Jaiswal scored 17 runs. With this defeat, India fell to the fifth position in the World Test Championship. South Africa topped the list 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.
That’s that from the Test at Centurion.
South Africa won by an innings and 32 runs, leading the series 1-0.
Scorecard – https://t.co/032B8Fmvt4 #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/Sd7hJSxqGK
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 28, 2023
Virat Kohli is fighting alone..
CLASSIC VIRAT!@imVkohli brings up his 30th Test half-century in 61 balls. He has hit 8 delightful boundaries and a power-packed six!
Live – https://t.co/032B8Fmvt4 #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/fZpkgswXAD
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 28, 2023
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