Virat Kohli gifted an autographed jersey to Keshav Maharaj, the cricketer said this

India defeated South Africa by seven wickets at Newlands Park, Cape Town. This test match ended in just two days. After the end of the second test, Virat Kohli South African all-rounder Keshav Maharaj Gifted his autographed jersey. Keshav has shared a picture of himself taking the number 18 jersey of the former Indian captain on his official Instagram account. It is being liked a lot. India defeated South Africa in the fifth session itself and leveled the two-match series 1-1. By lunch on the second day, the South African team was all out in the second innings. India had got the target of 79 runs.

Keshav Maharaj said this

While sharing a picture with Virat Kohli, Keshav Maharaj wrote on Instagram, ‘One for the wall, thanks Virat Kohli.’ On Thursday, Rohit Sharma and Kohli also gave an autographed jersey to Dean Elgar. This was Elgar’s last test match. Elgar was made captain for the second Test after Temba Bavuma was injured. Talking about the match, South Africa decided to bat first and were bundled out for just 55 runs in 23.2 overs in the first innings.

Mohammad Siraj took 6 wickets in the first innings

In the first innings, only Kyle Verreen (15 runs) and David Bedingham (12 runs) could reach double figures for South Africa. Mohammed Siraj’s explosive spell of 6/15 devastated the top and middle order of the Proteas. Jasprit Bumrah (2/25) and Mukesh Kumar (2/0) also took wickets. India was at 153/4 at one point in the first innings. But on this score six wickets fell and Team India also got out on the score of 153.

India scored 153 runs in the first innings

In the first innings, Virat Kohli scored 46 runs in 59 balls, Rohit Sharma scored 39 runs in 50 balls and Shubman Gill scored 36 runs in 55 balls. For South Africa, Ngidi (3/30), Kagiso Rabada (3/38) and Nandre Berger (3/42) took three wickets each. Later in their second innings, South Africa scored 62/3 at the end of the first day’s play. Aiden Markram (36*) scored the highest. Captain Dean Elgar could score only 12 runs in his last Test innings.

Aiden Markram scored a brilliant century

The next day Markram scored a century. He scored 106 runs on 103 balls. Mohammad Siraj ended his innings. Markram hit 17 fours and two sixes. The next day was Bumrah’s. He took 6 wickets for 61 runs. South Africa was reduced to 176 runs in 36.5 overs. India now had to score 79 runs to win. With the help of the innings of opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (28) and captain Rohit Sharma (16*), India achieved the target in 12 overs with seven wickets remaining.