IND vs SA: 107 overs, the shortest test match in history, India won by seven wickets; 92 year old record destroyed

Team India won the second match of the Test series between India and South Africa by seven wickets. With the victory in this match, Team India drew the series 1-1. The first match of the series was won by South Africa by an innings and 32 runs. With the victory in this match, Rohit Sharma became the second Indian captain to draw a series in South Africa. Earlier in 2011, Mahendra Singh Dhoni had drawn the series in Africa. India has won a Test match in Cape Town for the first time in its 31-year history.

This was the shortest match in the history of Test cricket in which any team proved to be the winner. This match ended in just 107 overs. This means that only 642 valid balls (except no and wide balls) were bowled in this match. Earlier in 1932, the match between Australia and England ended in 109.2 overs. This match was won by Australia.

Simta Da before lunch, African team
When Dean Elgar, who was playing his last Test match, won the toss and chose to bat, he did not even know that the pitch here was going to be a big problem for the batsmen. Even Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that if he had won the toss, he would have chosen to bat first. Siraj got Markram (2) caught in the slip on the very second ball of his second over. In the next over he bowled Elgar (4). Within 15 runs. Africa lost 4 wickets. Bedingham (12) and Vereen (15) added 19 runs, but Siraj dismissed both of them too. Mukesh Kumar and Bumrah, who came to play in place of Shardul, ended the African innings at 55 before lunch and won by 32 runs in the first Test.

India for the third time Africa was bundled out for less than a hundred scores
Siraj took five or more wickets in an innings for the third time in Test cricket. The. Africa was out for less than a hundred against India for the third time. This team was out for 79 runs in Nagpur in 2015 and 84 runs in Johannesburg in 2006. This was the 11th time in Test history when a team was out against India on a score of less than 100. India defeated the African team in 23.2 overs, breaking its record of defeating any team in the fewest balls. Before this he Africa itself was defeated in 25.1 overs in Johannesburg in 2006. The. Only two batsmen could reach double figures in the African innings.

In 9.4 overs. African score crossed
India also did not have a good start. Yashasvi (0) was bowled by Rabada, but Rohit scored quickly. India won in just 9.4 overs. African score exceeded. He made a partnership of 55 runs with Gill. Here Rohit became the victim of burger after scoring 39 runs. Gill made a partnership of 33 runs with Virat, but Burger also dismissed him for 36 runs. After this, Burger also dismissed Shreyas (0). Despite this, till tea time India was in a strong position at 111 runs for four wickets. Kohli was on 20 and Rahul was on 0.

Indian team suddenly scattered after tea time
If that happened after tea time, it never happened with India. Kohli and Rahul took the score to 153 runs. First Nagidi dismissed Rahul (8). After that, in the same over, he dismissed Ravindra Jadeja (0), Jasprit Bumrah (0), who were playing in place of Ashwin. Rabada dismissed Kohli (46) in the next over. After this Siraj was run out. On the very next ball, he dismissed Prasidh Krishna and wrapped up the innings at 153 runs. Rabada, Nagidi, Berger took three wickets each.

Elgar played the last innings, Kohli hugged him
The. Africa got a chance to bat for the second time in the day and captain Dean Elgar’s Test career as a batsman ended on the very first day. Elgar and Markram gave a good start in the second innings. Both added 37 runs, but after scoring 12 runs, Elgar was caught by Kohli on the ball of Mukesh. He had scored 4 runs in the morning. Kohli hugged Elgar while returning to the pavilion. Most of the Indian players turned their backs on him. The entire stadium and The African dressing room stood up to greet him.

Markram’s century extended India’s wait
After 23 falls on the first day of the match, the result was certain on the second day. After taking 98 wickets in the first innings, India’s victory also seemed almost certain. However, Aiden Markram’s century on the second day extended India’s wait. The African batsman scored 106 runs in 103 balls and took South Africa’s score to 176. Apart from him, only three batsmen of the team could touch double figures. Dean Elgar was the second best scorer of the team with 12 runs. Apart from them, Bedingham and Marco Jansen contributed 11 runs.

Bumrah did wonders
Jasprit Bumrah took six wickets for India in the second innings of the match. Apart from him, Mukesh Kumar got two wickets. Siraj and Krishna got one success each. Bumrah made many records by taking six wickets. He became the second Indian to take five-wicket hauls three times on African soil. Before him, Javagal Srinath had done this. He also reached the third position in terms of taking wickets on African soil, leaving behind Mohammed Shami. Bumrah has 38 wickets in his name. Srinath is ahead of him by 40 wickets and Kumble by 45 wickets.

Indian batsmen did not delay
The fourth innings of the match started with the second session on the second day. India had a target of 79 runs to win and the Indian batsmen did not take much time. Rohit and Yashasvi batted aggressively from the first ball. Both of them made a partnership of 44 runs in 34 balls for the first wicket. Yashasvi was out after scoring 28 runs in 23 balls, but by then half the work was done. After this, Shubman Gill was also out, but Rohit and Kohli took India closer to victory. In the end, Virat Kohli was also out, but Shreyas scored the winning run and gave India a historic victory.