India will take on South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town in the second Test of the two-match series starting Wednesday, January 3. The visitors went into the opening Test at SuperSport Park in Centurion with the aim of registering their maiden Test series win in the Rainbow Nation but ended up crashing to defeat by an innings and 32 runs.
Both India’s batting and bowling were below par in the opening Test. Sent into bat after losing the toss, the visitors managed to put up only 245 on the board. Things could have been worse but for KL Rahul’s resolute century. In the second innings, Virat Kohli (76 off 82) was the only Indian batter who stood up to the challenge.
If we talk about their bowling, Jasprit Bumrah was the lone warrior for the visitors with his four-wicket haul as the Proteas posted 408 in their first innings. All-rounder Shardul Thakur and debutant Prasidh Krishna went for plenty of runs, while Mohammed Siraj too wasn’t highly effective though he picked up a…
