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

1pm WATCH (Subcontinent only) - Bumrah nabs de Villiers again on Test debut

Bindesh: "How deadly is this track really ? I mean, SA scored 286 and India managed 209 only. Now SA has managed only 130... are we looking at sub-100 score from India ? Hope I don't jinx it, but I sense anti-climax for India... has happened so many times in past... that 81 all out again Windies still haunts me "

Ribhav Bansal: "What a great spell by the Indian quicks, taking all 8 wickets in 1 session forcing an early lunch. South Africa were 65 for 2 overnight and they were just able to exactly double their score losing 8 wickets in the process."

Sohaib: "How should India go about this? Send Pandya one down and get quick 30 runs on the board to push South Africa on the defensive?"

Sujoy: "Out of 7 sessions in this game, SA leads 4-3. India needs 2 straight session wins here to take this game! "

12.42 pm Missed Wriddhiman Saha's record-breaking tenth catch of the Test? Relive it here. (Ind Subcontinent only)

12.27 pm And with South Africa's last wicket to fall, lunch has been taken at Newlands. The hosts lost eight wickets for 65 runs today, and a Shami-Bumrah special has meant that India are still in with a chance. Fair to say, that South Africa, too, would fancy themselves on this track. It's set up for a cracking fourth innings. We'll be back with the post-lunch session in a bit.

Care to catch up on the action from today morning? WATCH: Match highlights right here. (Ind Subcontinent only)

41.2
W
Bumrah to de Villiers, OUT, pulled, but taken in the deep! Good length outside off and pulled off the back foot, doesn't have the distance as Bhuvi takes a sharp catch from inches inside the cow-corner boundary. India need 208 to win.

AB de Villiers c Kumar b Bumrah 35 (107m 50b 2x4 2x6) SR: 70.00

WATCH (Ind subcontinent only) - Bhuvneshwar draws edge from Maharaj

41.1
0
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, full ball outside off stump, pokes at it off the front foot, the ball trickles down to fine leg. No single, not that Steyn could run

END OF OVER:
41 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 130/9

  • Dale Steyn0 (4b)
  • AB de Villiers35 (48b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar11-5-33-2
  • Jasprit Bumrah11-1-39-2
40.6
0
Kumar to Steyn, no run, full outside off, and firmly defended off the front foot. Pushed to deep point but he's not taking a single. Gives AB the strike for the next over

Anubhav Jain: "Watching from New York, and the excitement is getting to me! Can India chase more than 250? I don't think so!"

40.5
0
Kumar to Steyn, no run, full on off stump, prods forward and defends with soft hands
40.4
0
Kumar to Steyn, no run, full ball on middle stump, attacking ball on this occasion. Clipped off his toes towards the leg side
40.3
0
Kumar to Steyn, no run, full on a fourth-stump line, nicely defended off the back foot. Covers his off stump by walking across, and taps it towards the off side

And here comes Dale Steyn. A huge reception from the Newlands crowd. How will he cope with an injured heel? A fly slip comes into place.

40.2
W
Kumar to Morkel, OUT, short on leg stump, and Morkel gets his bat in front of his face in an attempt to block the ball. Takes the top of his bat, as the ball lobs over to the keeper. That's Saha's tenth dismissal of the match, an India record for a single Test.

M Morkel c †Saha b Kumar 2 (9m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

40.1
0
Kumar to Morkel, no run, full ball on middle stump, angling away from the left-hander, tries to drag this towards the leg side, but inside edge onto his pads

Haroop: "This match already has more drama than the entire Ashes series...now we have an injured Dale Steyn ready to come in. Amazing!!!"

END OF OVER:
40 | 6 Runs | SA: 130/8

  • AB de Villiers35 (48b)
  • Morne Morkel2 (2b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah11-1-39-2
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar10-4-33-1
39.6
0
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, drops the length this time, short on off stump and darting into AB's body. Tries to swipe a pull behind square but the ball goes over his bat
39.5
6
Bumrah to de Villiers, SIX, full outside off and in the slot to be punished! Big stride forward and gets under the ball, smacked over the bowler's head for a maximum

And now the two batsman have a chat. Kohli's calling the fielders in.

39.4
0
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, low full toss on middle stump, driven down the ground to long on. No single, still.
39.3
0
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, full outside off and AB runs down the ground, muscles this towards the vacant cover region to Pandya in the deep. Keeps strike
39.2
0
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, good length on off stump, AB walks across to the off side and flicks towards midwicket. Chance of a single, but AB chooses to keep strike
39.1
0
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, short and wide outside off, tries to punch this off the back foot, but comes off the top-half of the bat, goes to the man at deep extra cover. Big gaps on the off side to tempt AB for the run

Bumrah for another spell

END OF OVER:
39 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 124/8

  • Morne Morkel2 (2b)
  • AB de Villiers29 (42b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar10-4-33-1
  • Hardik Pandya6-0-27-2
38.6
2
Kumar to Morkel, 2 runs, good length on leg stump, flicks this behind square off the back foot, runs away to fine leg. And that's a lead of 200 for South Africa
38.5
0
Kumar to Morkel, no run, back of a length outside off, tapped away

Morkel comes out to bat, but we can see Dale Steyn padding up.

That's the record for the most dismissals by an India fielder in a Test. Saha equals Dhoni's record of nine.

38.4
W
Kumar to Maharaj, OUT, feather edge, and taken by the keeper! Full outside off and Maharaj goes fishing at this wide ball, takes a tiny edge as the ball goes past his bat. Pouched easily by Saha, his ninth dismissal for the match.

KA Maharaj c †Saha b Kumar 15 (27m 21b 2x4 0x6) SR: 71.42

38.5
1w
Kumar to Maharaj, 1 wide, short and wide outside off, and Maharaj pulls out of a big wind up. Soars over his head
38.4
2
Kumar to Maharaj, 2 runs, good length outside off and another pull from the batsman, it's played along the carpet, but pinged hard enough. Misfield from Dhawan at midwicket, as the ball goes between his legs, allows them to take the second
38.3
0
Kumar to Maharaj, no run, fixes his line on this occasion. Good-length ball just outside off stump, angling into his body, blocked off the front foot
38.2
4
Kumar to Maharaj, FOUR, good length outside off and Maharaj slashes at it away from his body. Thick top edge, over the slip cordon, as it crashes into the third-man boundary
38.1
1w
Kumar to Maharaj, 1 wide, short outside off, and going further away after hitting the surface. Deviates after pitching, and left alone by Maharaj

Bhuvneshwar's back

END OF OVER:
38 | 5 Runs | SA: 114/7

  • Keshav Maharaj9 (17b)
  • AB de Villiers29 (42b)
  • Hardik Pandya6-0-27-2
  • Jasprit Bumrah10-1-33-2
37.6
1
Pandya to Maharaj, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Maharaj tries to defend off the back foot, but plays too far away from his body, inside edge ricochets onto his chest
37.5
0
Pandya to Maharaj, no run, good length outside off, back-foot defense from Maharaj, but inside edge onto his pads
37.4
0
Pandya to Maharaj, no run, Ouch! How useful is the armguard?! Good length on middle stump and Maharaj is stuck between two minds. Thinks of ducking, but he can't because there's not much bounce off the surface. Crashes into his armguard as he gets his eyes off the ball. He's okay

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.