05/01Result
1st Test, India tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 5-8 2018
South Africa won by 72 runs
Player of the Match
Vernon Philander
Vernon PhilanderSouth Africa
05/01Result
1st Test, India tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 5-8 2018
South Africa won by 72 runs
Player of the Match
Vernon Philander
Vernon PhilanderSouth Africa

5:06pm I see Morne Morkel doing a mock run-up. M Vijay has come skipping out, Dhawan more relaxed in his trail...my eyes didn't fool me, but Faf has. It's Philander with the ball. Three slips and a gully for him. Vijay is ready...

Anand V: "It will be India's day if they don't lose more than one wicket in this last hour. Vijay needs to be still there tomorrow morning."

Dhaval: "Five catches for Saha in the innings..."

Mahesh: ""Well a great start to begin this tour for India... the next 14 overs would set the tone for this test match and for the series""

Shah: "The strike rates of Sauth Africa middle order batsmen look like ODI strike rates. Good attacking cricket by them after early wickets!"

4:58pm South Africa will take 286 happily. They were probably thinking 400 when they elected to bat, but Bhuvneshwar Kumar had them doubting that decision inside 20 minutes. It's a good recovery, and they will be proud of that scorecard from No. 4 onwards. Everyone chipped in.

On the other hand, India won't be too unhappy either. In the bigger picture, restricting South Africa to 286 after losing the toss is a superb effort. That they're batting on the first day of the tour after losing the toss is no mean feat. I believe they'll have to face about 14 overs this evening. Have the conditions eased out?

73.1
W
Ashwin to Morkel, OUT, plumb in front and that's the innings. Arm ball, seam pointing at leg stump, full and flat. He goes back, is beaten on the inside edge and trapped right in front of off stump

M Morkel lbw b Ashwin 2 (15m 9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 22.22

END OF OVER:
73 | 2 Runs | SA: 286/9

  • Dale Steyn16 (31b)
  • Morne Morkel2 (8b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah19-1-73-1
  • Ravichandran Ashwin7-1-21-1
72.6
0
Bumrah to Steyn, no run, lovely shot, but he's denied by Bumrah's toe. Overpitched on off stump, driven firmly back and Bumrah sticks his right boot out in the follow through
72.5
1
Bumrah to Morkel, 1 run, bouncer at middle stump, gets inside the line and hooks uppishly to deep square
72.4
0
Bumrah to Morkel, no run, back of a length on middle stump, pushed down the pitch off the back foot
72.3
0
Bumrah to Morkel, no run, short of a length and angled across off stump, slashes and misses
72.2
0
Bumrah to Morkel, no run, back of a length in the corridor, defended into the covers
72.1
1
Bumrah to Steyn, 1 run, back of a length at off stump, backs into the leg side and taps it wide of mid-off

Thanks Nikhil.

END OF OVER:
72 | 1 Run | SA: 284/9

  • Morne Morkel1 (4b)
  • Dale Steyn15 (29b)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin7-1-21-1
  • Jasprit Bumrah18-1-71-1

I'm done for the day. Varun will take you through to stumps.

71.6
0
Ashwin to Morkel, no run, walks across and defends.
71.5
1
Ashwin to Steyn, 1 run, driven away towards long-on for a single

Ravisankar: "The more I watch Steyn, the more similarities I see with Smith''s technique. He thumps the bat to the ground a few times, does the minor crouching and the step towards the stump. WOW!"

71.4
0
Ashwin to Steyn, no run, flat outside off, another block
71.3
0
Ashwin to Steyn, no run, the carrom ball around middle and leg, easily kept out
71.2
0
Ashwin to Steyn, no run, slow outside off, the ball spinning back in, blocked
71.1
0
Ashwin to Steyn, no run, flat outside off, defended back

END OF OVER:
71 | 1 Run | SA: 283/9

  • Morne Morkel1 (3b)
  • Dale Steyn14 (24b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah18-1-71-1
  • Ravichandran Ashwin6-1-20-1
70.6
0
Bumrah to Morkel, no run, an ill-directed bouncer around off, ducks underneath does Morkel
70.5
0
Bumrah to Morkel, no run, full and straight, pushed back to the bowler

IND in SA 2017-18 News

Philander's best

6/44

Vernon Philander's figures in the second innings - his career-best in Tests. He ended the Test with three wickets in four balls.

Another bowlers' session

7/82

Score in the second session of day 4. In the first session, 8 wickets fell for 65 runs. 15 wickets have fallen in first two session so far.

India's session

8/65

South Africa's score in the first session on Day 4. They began the day at 65 for 2 but were all out for 130, adding just 65 more runs.

Rare high for pacers

1

This is the first time 4 India fast bowlers have taken at least a wicket in both innings of a Test - Bhuvneshwar, Shami, Bumrah and Pandya.

Amla fails again

23.10

Hashim Amla's average in first or only Tests of a series since 2015, in 19 inns. He has just 2 50+ scores in this period. Before 2015, he averaged 70.42 in first Tests with 23 50+ scores in 52 inns.

Solid recovery

92

Runs added by India's first 7 wickets. Pandya and Bhuvneshwar have added more than that so far.

Philander's hundredth

100+

Wkts for Philander in Tests at home in 23 Tests. Pujara was his 100th wicket.

Top-order busted

39

Runs aggregated by top-3 wickets for both teams in their first inns of this Test - 12 for SA and 27 for Ind - is the lowest in a Test in SA since their readmission and second-lowest in any Test in last 15 years.

Pacers' day

2

No. of instances in last 10 years when four India fast bowlers picked at least a wicket in a Test innings, including this game. The only other occasion was against Australia at WACA in 2011-12.

Standing strong

2013

Last time AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis shared a partnership of 50+ runs in Tests, before doing it today. Their last such stand was also against India, 205 runs while chasing in J'Burg in Dec 2013.

Three-down quickly

1

No. of times India have got three wickets conceding fewer runs in their first inns of a tour outside Asia, than this match's 12 for 3. They had begun the 2006-07 tour of SA with 5 for 3 in Johannesburg.

Striking start

1992

Last time India got their first wicket of the tour earlier than this tour as Bhuvneshwar dismissed Elgar off the third ball. Kapil Dev had dismissed Jimmy Cook first ball of the 1992-93 tour.

Toss matters?

7-1

South Africa's win-loss record in 11 Tests at Newlands in Cape Town, in last 10 years. However, they have won the toss only twice in those 11 matches.