India's bowler Jasprit Bumrah during the fourth day of the first Test
India vs South Africa, 1st Test, Day 4 Highlights: Bumrah removes Maharaj on last ball of the day, SA 94/4
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South Africa were 94 for 4 at stumps on Day 4 while chasing a stiff 305-run target in the first Test against India here on Wednesday. Skipper Dean Elgar was batting on 52 after nightwatchman Keshav Maharaj (8) was bowled by Jasprit Bumrah in the last delivery of the day. South Africa still need 211 runs on the final day to win the match. Bumrah took two wickets while Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj got a wicket apiece for India.
Earlier, wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant top-scored for India in the second innings with a run-a-ball 34 as the visiting team was all out for 174 in the second innings. Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen took four wickets apiece while Lungi Ngidi got two wickets for South Africa. India had bowled South Africa out for 197 after making 327 in their first innings.
South Africa 94/4 in 40.5 overs Deadly yorker by Bumrah to remove Keshav Maharaj for 8 and umpires calls stump on Day 4 of the first Test. India need six wickets to win the Test while South Africa need 211 runs on Day 5. SA captain Dean Elgar is batting on 52.
South Africa 74/3 in 36.4 overs Just when it looked like South Africa found the rhythm and Jasprit Bumrah provides India with the breakthrough. A beautiful inswinger by the Bumrah, Rassie van der Dussen leaves it outside off, the ball swings back in and clips the off stump. India need seven more wickets to win the first Test.
South Africa 71/2 in 33 overs Dean Elgar is inching towards his fifty as he pulls South Africa out of trouble along with Rassie van der Dussen. The partnership is now worth 32. India are bowling R Ashwin and Siraj.
South Africa 59/2 in 24 overs South Africa captain Dean Elgar and Rassie van der Dussen are stitching an important partnership for the host after losing the first two wickets in quick succession. Elgar is batting on 31 in 70 balls while Dussen is on 9 in 36 balls. Virat Kohli is bowling Shardul Thakur and Shami.
South Africa 35/2 in 14.1 overs India inching towards victory as Mohammed Siraj removes Keegan Petersen for 17. Brilliant catch by Rishabh Pant as Petersen edges one outside off. India need 8 wickets to win the first Test with 35 overs and a day in hand.
South Africa 22/1 at Tea
Indian batters struggled to cope with uneven bounce but did enough to set up a stiff 305-run victory target for South Africa as they managed to score 174 runs in their second innings on the fourth day of the opening Test, here on Wednesday. On an ever-deteriorating surface, South Africa were 22 for 1 at the tea break. The hosts lost opener Aiden Markram (1) with Mohammed Shami drawing first blood when the batter failed to remove his blade only to be played on.
India all out for 174 in 2nd innings, sets 305 for SA to win 1st Test
India set hosts South Africa a stiff 305-run target to win the first Test after their second innings folded for 174 run in the post-lunch session on the fourth day of the match, here on Wednesday. Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant top-scored for India in the second innings with a run-a-ball 34 as no visiting team batter could score a half century. Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen took four wickets apiece while Lungi Ngidi got two wickets for South Africa. India had bowled South Africa out for 197 after making 327 in their first innings.
India vs South Africa, 1st Test, Day 4 Lunch: India 79/3
Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara took India's lead to 209 on day four of the first Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park here on Wednesday. At lunch, India are 79/3 in 32 overs with Kohli (18 not out) and Pujara (12 not out) being the unbeaten batters in a session where the tourists scored 63 runs for the loss of overnight pair KL Rahul and Shardul Thakur.
Resuming from 16/1 on day three, nightwatchman Thakur had a nervy time. He left balls outside the off-stump and even survived an lbw chance off Marco Jansen (DRS showed going over the stumps). Thakur fought back by flaying a powerful upper-cut over backward point off Jansen. But Kagiso Rabada got one to kick off from a length to take the outer edge of Thakur's bat to Wiaan Mulder at third slip. Pujara avoided a pair with a drive through mid-on off Ngidi. But on the fourth ball from the pacer, Pujara chipped to mid-wicket, where Rabada dropped a simple catch. Rahul, who picked easy leg-side boundaries while being cautious, chased a wide ball from Ngidi and edged to Dean Elgar at first slip.
Pujara looked good at the crease and pounced on width from Mulder with a cracking cut through off-side. Kohli, on the other hand, wristed flicks and glances off Ngidi and Mulder before hitting Rabada twice for boundaries through point, taking India to safety till lunch. With the pitch still offering variable bounce and seam movement for keeping the pacers interested, it could be a fascinating second session in terms of what tactics India and South Africa will resort to.
IND vs SA, 1st Test Day 3: Five-star Shami puts India in driver's seat against Proteas
It was bowlers day in Centurion for the reason that as many as 18 wickets were scalped on Day 3 of the first Test between India and South Africa.
Mohammed Shami's sheer artistry with new and old ball fetched him another five-wicket haul as India seized control of the first Test against South Africa on the third day by extending their overall lead to 146 runs that could prove to be decisive.
Shami (16-5-44-5) and his pace bowling colleagues Jasprit Bumrah (7.2-2-16-2), Mohammed Siraj (15.3-1-45-1) and Shardul Thakur (11-1-51-2) further enhanced their reputation as world beaters by dismissing the Proteas for mere 197.
The quartet neutralised Lungi Ngidi's lion-hearted morning spell which saw him finish on 6 for 71 from 24 overs as India lost seven wickets from 55 runs to be all-out on 327.
The wily old Shami, manfully shouldered the duties of a pace spearhead for the better part of the 62.
