Team India finally won a Test in Cape Town in their 7th appearance in the longest format at the venue and managed to level the series after losing the first game in Centurion. The match ended in 642 deliveries, the quickest for a completed Test in history.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were looking to see off India but Marco Jansen got the former to edge straight through to the keeper aa India lost their third wicket four runs away from a win.
Shubman Gill's poor tour of South Africa continued as got out for just 10 with Kagiso Rabada cleaning him up.
Yashavi Jaiswal came in to bat by throwing caution to the wind as India got off to a flyer with the bat. Since the total was small, India didn't really want to care about the wickets and Jaiswal just kept smashing before he mistimed a hook off Nandre Burger gave a simple catch to the fine-leg fielder.
Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal have come out with real intent chasing a small target of 79 runs. The duo stitched a 44-run partnership in just 33 balls as India looked in a hurry to win the second Test.
Aiden Markram starred with a scintillating century as he single-handedly ensured that South Africa got some kind of a lead but Jasprit Bumrah was just magnificent and ended up with a six-wicket haul, his second fifer at this venue.
After leaking 20 runs off his first over in the second innings, Prasidh Krishna finally got his first wicket of the match as he got Kasigo Rabada hit straight into the hands of the mid-off fielder. South Africa are just one wicket away from being bowled out.
Mohammed Siraj bowling only his second over of the day, in what might be a tactical error from India, got the big wicket of Aiden Markram who was running away with the game. Markram, who slammed a 99-ball century had single-handedly ensured that South Africa were still competing.
Aiden Markram takes Jasprit Bumrah for a boundary to bring a magnificent hundred - one that he will cherish for ever. South Africa are 158/7.
Markram collects 20 runs off Prasidh Krishna's over to race to an individual score of 94. South Africa are 149/7.
Kl Rahul fails to grab a regulation catch and provides Markram with a reprieve. South Africa are 129/7 in their second innings.
Jasprit Bumrah is running riot in Cape Town as he bagged his third five-wicket haul in South Africa and second at this very venue dismissing Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj in quick succession. South Africa are 7 down now and Aiden Markram is going great guns for the Proteas.
Aiden Markram slammed the fifty of the match, an innings of sheer quality and some luck as well. While Markram has seen his partners come and go, he has held one end up and South Africa are in the lead now.
Kyle Verreynne was looking to be aggressive from the word go and got an odd boundary before Bumrah's quick bouncer rushed him and he could hit only as far as the mid-on fielder.
The pitch continued to remain uneven as one ball kept low, the other bounced and Jasprit Bumrah got his second wicket getting Bedingham to edge it straight to the wicketkeeper.
Team India would want to get Aiden Markram out early given he is batting on 36 currently and even though the pitch may not flatten out that easily, it will be rolled before the start of the day and hence, the first hour will be crucial. Apart from Markram and David Bedingham, there's not much batting prowess left in the line-up for South Africa.
The first day moved rather swiftly with 23 wickets falling on Wednesday, January 3 in Cape Town. India will be lucky that despite losing six wickets for basically nothing, they are still on top as South Africa have already lost three wickets and still trail by 36 runs.
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