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Rohit Sharma-led Team India displayed a remarkable play vs South Africa as it defeated Dean Elgar-team by 7 wickets played a full innings vs South Africa on the first day of their second Test match. Dean Elgar-led team is currently on the crease.
The Indian ballers Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah played well as they restricted the South African team to 79 runs.
This was India's first victory at Newlands in seven attempts and one that would be remembered for two Indian fast bowlers – Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, who produced a career-best six-wicket haul to bowl out South Africa for 55 in the first innings.
Rohit Sharma is now the only Indian captain after MS Dhoni to draw a Test series in South Africa.
It was the shortest Test match ever in terms of overs bowled bettering the previous best that involved Australia and South Africa at the MCG way back in 1932. A total of 106.2 overs were bowled in this match while 109.2 overs while in 1932, South African innings lasted for only 23.2 overs.
South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad criticised the Newlands pitch as he said, "You needed more luck than skill here". He pointed out that the pitch was rated below average.
On the pitch, Rohit Sharma noted: "I still can’t believe the World Cup final pitch was rated below average. The ICC and the referees need to start looking into it. You have to rate pitches on how they see it and not based on countries…All I want to say is be neutral… And I would like to see how a pitch is rated. I would like to see the chart, how they rate pitches.”