South Africa’s Lungi Ngidi (2nd left) celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of India’s Virat Kohli in the course of the first day of the second cricket Test match between India and South Africa at Newlands stadium in Cape Town on January 03. 2024.
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India suffered a spectacular collapse, dropping six batters for no run as 23 wickets fell on a loopy opening day of the second cricket test towards South Africa at Newlands on Wednesday.
Resuming on 153-4 after tea, the house crew ran by means of the batting order to bowl India out for 153 within the area of 11 deliveries, with Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Nandre Burger snapping up three wickets apiece.
Earlier, South Africa was bowled out for simply 55 in 23.2 overs, sliding to its lowest complete since being readmitted to test cricket in 1991, after Mohammed Siraj claimed a test-best haul of 6-15.
South Africa then reached the shut of play on 62-3 in its second innings, trailing by 36 runs general, with Aiden Markram unbeaten on 36 and David Bedingham seven not out.
India was wanting good in its first innings when Rohit Sharma (39) and Shubman Gill (36) had been placing on 55 for the second wicket, the day’s highest partnership.
Burger eliminated Sharma earlier than Gill added 33 for the third wicket with Virat Kohli.
But Burger then had Gill caught within the gully and dismissed Shreyas Iyer for a two-ball duck.
Kohli went on to make 46, sharing a stand of 43 for the fifth wicket with KL Rahul as India went to tea in a seemingly wholesome place.
Wickets, although, fell thick and quick after the interval. Ngidi examined Rahul with further bounce and he was caught behind. Two balls later Ravindra Jadeja went to the identical bowler, and two balls later Ngidi snared Jasprit Bumrah.
Rabada captured Kohli’s wicket, Siraj was run out and the innings ended when Prasidh Krishna was caught at slip. There had been 5 geese among the many final six dismissed batters.
Earlier, South Africa suffered its personal embarrassing collapse earlier than lunch after profitable the toss and opting to bat first.
Paceman Siraj registered his third five-wicket haul in his twenty third test, and his first towards South Africa. His earlier greatest was 5-60 towards the West Indies in Port of Spain final yr.
Bumrah additionally took 2-25 whereas Mukesh Kumar picked up two wickets with out conceding a run in 2.2 overs.
The procession began within the fourth over, with Markram caught at slip for 2.
Stand-in skipper Dean Elgar, who scored 185 within the first test at Centurion, was additionally bowled for 4 as Siraj despatched again each openers to start out the stoop.
Elgar is main the crew in his remaining test earlier than retirement, with Temba Bavuma dominated out by damage.
In South Africa’s second innings, Markram got here out to assault, hitting six fours in 51 balls.
But Elgar was caught at slip for 12 off Kumar, who additionally eliminated Tony de Zorzi for one, whereas Tristan Stubbs was additionally out for one.
South Africa gained the opening match of the two-test sequence by an innings and 32 runs.
