In the first Test, Kagiso Rabada shone with his ball skills. In Cape Town, on Wednesday, January 3, at Newlands game against India, he again made a mark for South Africa. He set the pace in the second game.
India lost their first wicket for 17 runs when the pacer struck a ripper to dismiss opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who sliced the ball onto the stumps, for a seven-ball duck.
Yashavi Jaiswal was removed from the game in the third over of India’s opening innings. Just outside off stump, the pacer delivered a ball that was short of length. Yashavi Jaiswal stood tall and remained back to block the delivery, but the additional bounce caused the ball to take an inside edge and hit the stumps, killing him.
Look at the Yashavi Jaiswal wicket down below:
Siraj ran through South Africa’s batting with a six-wicket haul in 2nd Test
Mohammed Siraj’s expert bowling skills lead India to restrict South Africa to only 55 runs in the first innings. This is South Africa’s smallest score in Test cricket when playing against India.
Siraj concluded with an incredible 6/15 performance that included the highly sought-after wickets of Marco Jansen and Proteas skipper Dean Elgar. Mukesh Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah, however, were content to share two wickets each.
The hosts’ batsmen tumbled like a house of cards, with just David Bedingham (12) and Kyle Verreynne (15) reaching double digits.
With Shubman Gill (nine off 20 deliveries) and India skipper Rohit Sharma (39 runs off 42 balls) at the bat after 11 overs, the hosts are 62/1 (as of this writing). With the aim of tying the series at one, the visitors will try to take a commanding lead over the Proteas.
