On Day 2 of the second and final Test match between India and South Africa in Cape Town on Thursday, Indian wicketkeeper KL Rahul lost a sitter off Aiden Markram.
Jasprit Bumrah asked tough questions of South African batters starting on the second day, where he left off on the first. The host hitters found it challenging as he whacked the ball both ways and struck the appropriate spots.
Day 2’s first session saw Jasprit Bumrah take all four of the wickets that fell, then he brilliantly set up Markram. With a length delivery that increased, he gave Markram all but an advantage.
Rahul was in a terrific position to collect the ball as it arrived at a nice height, but it popped out of his hands. Jasprit Bumrah was clearly dissatisfied since it was a catch that a keeper should have made.
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Taking advantage of the missed opportunity, Markram struck 20 runs in the subsequent over against Prasidh Krishna. After that, the right-handed hitter hit another boundary from Bumrah to finish with a fantastic hundred on a challenging surface.
Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliance with the ball restricts South Africa to 111/7
After taking 23 wickets in the first day at Newlands, the seamers dominated the proceedings again on Day 2. Mohammed Siraj of India was outstanding, bowling South Africa out for just 55 runs in the first innings with scores of 6/15. The visitors batted brilliantly until they suddenly collapsed and lost their final six wickets without scoring any more runs. They were bowled out for 153.
In the second innings, Mukesh Kumar started the Indian damage, taking two wickets before Jasprit Jasprit Bumrah took over. In the last session of Day 1, the elite fast bowler claimed one wicket; the next day, he added four more to complete another fifer in Test cricket.
South Africa took a fifty-plus point advantage thanks to Aiden Markram’s lone struggle, even as wickets were dropping like nine pins from the other end. When he attempted to clear the far off fielder off Siraj’s ball, he found Rohit Sharma, ending his incredible performance.
The Proteas were leading India by 71 runs in the second innings as of the time of writing, with a score of 169/9.
