IND vs SA: Rohit Sharma created history in Cape Town, India won the second test by 7 wickets and the series is level at 1-1.
IND vs SA: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team was successful in defeating South Africa in a Test match for the first time in Cape Town. To win this match, India had a target of 79 runs, which Team India achieved by scoring 80 runs for 3 wickets and the host team lost by 7 wickets. After losing the first match of the two-match Test series, India made a spectacular comeback in the second match and won the match and ended the series with a 1-1 draw.
Team India’s bowling unit played a big role in the victory of the second test match and the hero of the team’s victory was truly Mohd. Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah. Siraj took 7 wickets in this match while Bumrah succeeded in taking 8 wickets. Siraj did the wonders of taking 6 wickets in the first innings of the second Test match, while Bumrah did the work of putting the South African team completely on the backfoot by taking 6 wickets in the second innings. Siraj was adjudged Player of the Match while Jasprit Bumrah managed to win the Player of the Series title.
India got the target of 79 runs to win
The second test match played between India and South Africa could not last even for two days, but the best thing was that Team India won this match. The bowling of both the teams was excellent throughout the match, but the Indian team managed to turn the match in its favor and the host team could not clean sweep India. In the second innings of this match, South Africa team scored 176 runs on the basis of Aiden Markram’s inning of 106 runs and gave India a target of 79 runs to win.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, who came to open for India in the second innings, looked aggressive and scored 28 runs in 23 balls with the help of 6 fours and was out. India lost the second wicket in the form of Gill who scored 10 runs while Virat Kohli was also out after scoring 12 runs. After this, Rohit Sharma scored unbeaten 17 runs while Shreyas Iyer scored 4 unbeaten runs and gave India victory. Shreyas Iyer led Team India to victory in this match by hitting a four.
dean elgar’s last match
With the defeat against India, Dean Elgar took retirement from international cricket and he had already announced this. Elgar captained South Africa in this match, but he could not win his last test match and played innings of 4 runs and 12 runs in this test match against India. In this match, Elgar won the toss and decided to bat in the first innings, but South Africa was all out for 55 runs, which was also their lowest score in Test against India.
In response, India scored 153 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 98 runs over the Proteas. In the second innings, the South African team was able to reach the score of 176 on the basis of Aiden Markram’s inning of 106 runs and gave India a target of 79 runs to win, which India achieved easily and this test match was played in two days. It ended, but the result was in India’s favor and the series was tied 1-1.
