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South Africa all out for 55 runs: Lowest score against India
Published - 3-JAN-2024 10:13 IST | Updated - 14-APR-2024 13:29 IST

South Africa all out for 55 runs: Lowest score against India, could not even play 24 overs; 6 wickets for Siraj
In the first innings of the second test, South Africa were all out for 55 runs. The team was out on its lowest score against India. South Africa could bat only 23.2 overs at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. Fast bowler Mohammad Siraj from India took 6 wickets.
South Africa's Kyle Varian scored 15 and David Bedingham scored 12 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not even cross the score of 6 runs. Jasprit Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar from India got 2-2 wickets.
The second Test between India and South Africa is being played at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first. At present the play of the first session is going on in the first day.
2-2 success for Bumrah-Mukesh
Mohammad Siraj took maximum 6 wickets from India in the first innings. He sent Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Tony De Georgi, David Bedingham, Kyle Varian and Marco Yanson to the pavilion. Apart from Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar also got one success each..
Mukesh gets first wicket, Maharaj out
Mukesh Kumar came to bowl in the 20th over of the first innings. He dismissed Keshav Maharaj on the last ball. Maharaj could score only 3 runs and was caught at mid-wicket.
Varian was out after scoring 15 runs.
Mohammed Siraj took the sixth wicket in the form of Kyle Varian. He bowled a fuller length ball in the 18th over, Varian went to drive but was caught in the slip.
Siraj gets 5th wicket, Yanson out
Mohammad Siraj has taken 5 wickets in the first innings. They did not even allow Marco Yanson to open an account. In the same over, he also sent David Bedingham to the pavilion. Siraj has also dismissed Tony De Georgi, Dean Elgar and Adam Markram.
David Bedingham out after scoring 12 runs
South Africa got its fourth blow in the form of David Bedingham. Mohammad Siraj bowled him a good length ball outside the off stump in the 16th over. Bedingham went to punch but the ball hit his gloves and went to third slip. Yashasvi Jaiswal, standing in the slip, did not make any mistake and took the catch. Bedingham could score only 12 runs.
D Georgi could score only 2 runs
South Africa got its fourth blow in the form of Tony DeGeorge. He was out after scoring only 2 runs. He was caught behind by Mohammad Siraj. Georgi became Siraj's third wicket in the first innings. He was the Player of the Series in the ODI series, he scored a fifty and a century.
Stubbs could score only 3 runs in debut test
Tristan Stubbs became the victim of Jasprit Bumrah in the 9th over. Bumrah bowled a short pitch ball. Stubbs went to defend but was caught at short leg. Stubbs is playing his debut match and could score only 3 runs in the first innings.
Captain Elgar out after scoring 4 runs
South Africa's second wicket fell in the form of captain Dean Elgar. Mohammad Siraj bowled him. Siraj bowled a short pitch on the third ball of the sixth over. Elgar went for backfoot defense but the ball hit his bat and hit the stumps. Elgar is playing the last Test of his career and could score only 4 runs in the first innings.
Markram returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs.
Aiden Markram's wicket fell on the second ball of the fourth over. Mohammad Siraj sent him to the pavilion. Markram tried to drive on Siraj's ball. But the ball went from the outside edge of his bat straight into the hands of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the slips. Markram could score only 2 runs.
Three changes in South Africa's playing-11
South Africa's regular captain Temba Bavuma could not play the second Test due to injury. Tristan Stubbs got a chance in his place in the team. Fast bowler Gerald Coetzee also got injured, in his place Lungi Ngidi was included in the playing-11. Keshav Maharaj has come into the team in place of Keegan Pietersen.
Mukesh Kumar gets a chance
Team India also included Mukesh Kumar in the playing-11. Mukesh got a chance in place of Shardul Thakur. Shardul was injured in the first test. Mukesh has
Jadeja included in playing-11
Team India gave a chance to Ravindra Jadeja in the second test. Jadeja could not play in the first test due to injury. Ravichandran Ashwin got a chance in his place but he could not make an impact with both bat and ball.
Playing-11 of both the teams
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar and Prasidh Krishna.
South Africa: Dean Elgar (captain), Aiden Markram, Tony DeGeorge, Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Kyle Varian (wicketkeeper), Marco Yanson, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Nandre Berger.
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