India is dominating so far in the ongoing second test between South Africa and India. India has Mohammad Siraj On the basis of his excellent performance, South Africa was all out for 55 runs in the first innings. Mohammad Siraj took 6 wickets. A total of 23 wickets fell on the first day of play. India also got all out for 153 runs in the first innings. On the very first day, South Africa’s second innings started and the host team lost three wickets. On the second day, four more wickets fell in the first session itself. in the second innings Jasprit Bumrah continues to shine. He has taken five wickets in his name.
Aiden Markram scored a century
South Africa got its seventh blow at the score of 111. Jasprit Bumrah got Keshav Maharaj caught by Shreyas Iyer. Meanwhile, only batsman Aidan Markram managed to play a big innings. He got out after scoring a century. He was dismissed by Siraj. Bumrah got full support from Mukesh Kumar. Mukesh took two wickets in his name. India’s wicket account opened with the wicket of Dean Elgar on the very first day. He was dismissed by Mukesh.
Mukesh Kumar opened an account
South Africa got its second blow in the form of Tony de Jorji. Mukesh Kumar also sent Jorji to the pavilion. After this, Jasprit Bumrah showed the way out to five batsmen. Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreen, Macro Jansen and Keshav Maharaj became the victims of Bumrah. After this Mohammad Siraj came into action and dismissed Markram who had scored 106 runs. His catch was caught by Rohit Sharma.
Dean Elgar is captaining
Dean Elgar, who was playing his last match due to Temba Bavuma being out due to injury, has been made the captain. Elgar could not do anything special in both the innings of his farewell test. He scored four runs in the first innings and 12 runs in the second innings. Elgar was out twice on the same day. His decision to bat after winning the toss was being criticized as wrong, although he has given clarification on this.
Elgar defends the decision to bat first
Elgar told reporters after the first day’s play that even after seeing how the wicket is playing, I will continue to bat first. When our bowlers click they can demolish any batting lineup and that is possible on this wicket. However, the Indian innings lasted a bit longer and Rohit Sharma scored quickly in the beginning.