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India vs South Africa 1st Test, Day 3 Highlights: India Suffer Embarrassing Loss To Proteas, Trail 1-0 In Two-Match Series
IND vs SA 1st Test, Day 3 Highlights: South Africa registered an innings and 32-run victory over India on Thursday.
IND vs SA, 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: India lost to South Africa by a huge margin.© AFP
IND vs SA 1st Test, Day 3 Highlights: South Africa bundled out India for 131 runs in the latter's second innings in Centurion, thus registering an innings and 32-run victory over the Rohit Sharma-led side on Thursday. Despite Virat Kohli's 76-run knock, India failed to get past the Proteas' first-innings lead. After opting to bowl first in the game, South Africa bundled India out for 245 despite KL Rahul's 101. In reply, the Temba Bavuma-led side posted a total of 408, thanks to Dean Elgar's 185. A first innings lead of 163 runs eventually helped South Africa win the game comfortably. (Scorecard)
Here are the Highlights of 1st Test Day 3 between India and South Africa, straight from Centurion -
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- 20:21 (IST)IND vs SA Live: OUT!Another one goes down and South Africa are only one wicket away from a win over India. A short ball from Nandre Burger brushed the finger of Mohammed Siraj before it hit the batter's helmet and was carried by Kyle Verreynne behind the stumps. Umpire was unconvinced but South Africa went upstairs and won the wicket.IND 121/9 (31.5)
- 20:12 (IST)IND vs SA Live: Bumrah is RUN-OUT!Jasprit Bumrah is run-out! Virat Kohli pushed the ball towards extra cover and tried to steal a double. Bumrah was neither as quick as Kohli nor as aware as him, he failed to make it to the other end in time and lost his wicket.IND 113/8 (30.2)
- 20:02 (IST)IND vs SA Live: Gone!Shardul Thakur is out! India lose their 7th wicket and they are in deep-deep trouble. It was a rising short of length delivery and Thakur edged it. David Bedingham took the catch at gully. That is the second wicket of the innings for Kagiso Rabada.IND 105/7 (28.3
- 19:58 (IST)IND vs SA Live: Fifty for Virat Kohli!27.3 - A four to mid-on and that is the fifty number 30 in Test cricket for Virat Kohli. Apart from some nervy moments, he has looked really well settled in the crease. It has been a quick knock from Kohli so far as he has raced to his fifty in 61 balls.IND 104/6 (28)
- 18:45 (IST)IND vs SA Live: Tea time!That is Tea on the third day of the ongoing first Test. Virat Kohli has played really well so far but India have lost three wickets. They still trail South Africa by 101 runs. India not only have to get past the lead but also have to set a fighting total for South Africa if they wish to remain in the game.IND 62/3 (16)
- 18:26 (IST)
- 18:20 (IST)IND vs SA Live: FOUR!Virat Kohli welcomes Marco Jansen into the attack with a four. It was a fuller ball and Kohli just showed the full face of his bat to it. The ball ran away through the vacant mid-off region for a four. The Indian batters are growing in confidence now as there is not much help for the pacers now.IND 33/2 (11.1)
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- 17:45 (IST)IND vs SA Live: OUT! What a ball!!!Kagiso Rabada has bowled a peach of a delivery to get better of Rohit Sharma. He bowled it around middle stump at good length. The ball got some superb movement off the surface, left the oustide edge of Rohit's willow and hit the off stump.IND 5/1 (2.5)
- 16:06 (IST)
- 15:48 (IST)IND vs SA Live: SIX! FOUR!That's the second six of Shardul Thakur's over. It was a short ball down the leg side and Marco Jansen pulled it away for a six. The very next ball goes for a four towards fine leg. A costly over from Shardul thus comes to an end. 15 runs came off it.SA 381/6 (97)
- 15:38 (IST)IND vs SA Live: WICKET!This is big fish for Shardul Thakur and for the Indian cricket team. Dean Elgar is out at the score of 185. He edged a delivery down the leg side to wicketkeeper KL Rahul and umpire raised his finger. Elgar reviewed but UltraEdge showed a clean spike there.SA 360/6 (94.5)
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India Cricket Team
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Jasprit Bumrah
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