India pacer Mohammed Siraj has ruined the farewell Test match of Dean Elgar. When South Africa received the toss and opted to bat in sunny circumstances at Newlands in Cape Town, one felt as if these had been the most effective batting circumstances of the sequence. But the duo of Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah did not let South Africa off the hook at any stage in their opening burst.
Perhaps, Siraj discovered his line and size proper from ball one and ran by means of the Proteas line-up nonchalantly with his nine-over spell with the brand new ball. He first despatched again opener Aiden Markram who edged one to Yashasvi Jaiswal in the slips after which Elgar performed one onto the stumps in his penultimate innings in Test cricket. Siraj then despatched again Tony de Zorzi, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne and Marco Jansen in fast succession as all of them nicked the ball behind the wickets.
While there is not a lot assist from the floor however the pink cherry simply sufficient at the same time as Siraj needs to be credited for touchdown the ball in proper areas as he has already picked up six wickets leaving South Africa in a correct mess. This is the third five-wicket haul for Siraj in his twenty third Test match and to date his figures learn 6/15 that are additionally the most effective in the format.
Not solely Siraj, even Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar bolwed nicely to maintain up the stress on South Africa in the primary session. Perhaps, they’re additionally in hazard of getting bowled out for lower than 100 runs in their first essay after opting to bat first.Â
Playing XIs
South Africa:Â Dean Elgar (c), Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi
India:Â Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar
