The home team bowlers, who looked rusty on day one, extracted much more out of the surface at SuperSport Park.
Lungi Ngidi bowled a fiery morning spell to run through the Indian middle-order as South Africa restricted the visitors to 327 on day three of the first Test.
On a pitch spruced up by second day’s persistent rainfall, Lungi made full use of the underlying moisture to finish with figures of 6 for 71 in 24 overs as India lost 7 wickets for 55 runs starting from an overnight score of 272 for 3.
Ngidi did get a lot of support from Kagiso Rabada, whose 3 for 72 also had centurion KL Rahul (123)’s wicket.
However India did strike back before the lunch with Jasprit Bumrah’s unplayable away swinger found opposition skipper Dean Elgar’s (1) outside edge. South Africa went into the break with scoreboard reading 21 for one.
Aiden Markram (9 batting) and Keegan Petersen (11 batting) were at the crease.
The morning belonged to Ngidi and Rabada as the Supersport Park track stayed true to its reputation of quickening up as time progressed.
The bounce was more and the length that Rabada and Nigidi bowled consistently was a touch fuller compared to first day.
Unlike the opening day, the two overnight batters Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane (48) didn’t get anything short or wide to get going first up.
It was Rabada, who drew the first blood on the day with a well directed short ball aimed at Rahul’s rib-cage.
The batter simply couldn’t manage the pull-shot and the tickle landed in Quinton de Kock’s gloves.
In case of Rahane, Ngidi hadn’t provided enough length for the drive and the ball reared up from length to take his edge and into keeper’s gloves.
Ravichandran Ashwin’s batting in SENA countries has gone downhill and the leading edge that lobbed up to Keshav Maharaj was a result of not being able to negotiate extra bounce generated by Ngidi.
Rishabh Pant (8)’s dismissal was a carbon copy of Cheteshwar Pujara’s where an angular delivery climbed up and it was an easy bat-pad catch for forward short leg.
Bumrah (14) did hit a few boundaries to take the score past 325 which was at least 75 runs short of what India had envisaged at the start.
Scoreboard
India 1st Innings: KL Rahul c de Kock b Rabada 123 Mayank Agarwal lbw b Ngidi 60 Cheteshwar Pujara c Petersen b Ngidi 0 Virat Kohli c Mulder b Ngidi 35 Ajinkya Rahane c de Kock b Ngidi 48 Rishabh Pant c van der Dussen b Ngidi 8 Ravichandran Ashwin c Maharaj b Rabada 4 Shardul Thakur c de Kock b Rabada 4 Mohammed Shami c de Kock b Ngidi 8 Jasprit Bumrah c Mulder b Jansen 14 Mohammed Siraj not out 4 Extras: (B-4, LB-4, NB-11) 19
Total: (All out in 105.3 overs) 327
Fall of wickets: 1-117, 2-117, 3-199, 4-278, 5-291, 6-296, 7-296, 8-304, 9-308, 10-327
South Africa bowling: Kagiso Rabada 26-5-72-3, Lungi Ngidi 24-5-71-6, Marco Jansen 18.3-4-69-1, Wiaan Mulder 19-4-49-0, Keshav Maharaj 18-2-58-0.
South Africa 1st Innings: Dean Elgar c Pant b Bumrah 1 Aiden Markram batting 9 Keegan Petersen batting 11 Extras: 0
Total: (For 1 wicket in 7 overs) 21
Fall of wickets: 1-2
India bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-12-1, Mohammed Siraj 2-0-8-0, Mohammed Shami 1-0-1-0.
The home team bowlers, who looked rusty on day one, extracted much more out of the surface at SuperSport Park. Lungi Ngidi bowled a fiery morning spell to run through the Indian middle-order as South Africa restricted the visitors to 327 on day three of the first Test.On a pitch spruced up by second day’s persistent rainfall, Lungi made full use of the underlying moisture to finish with figures of 6 for 71 in 24 overs as India lost 7 wickets for 55 runs starting from an overnight score of 272 for 3.Ngidi did get a lot of support from Kagiso Rabada, whose 3 for 72 also had centurion KL Rahul (123)’s wicket.However India did strike back before the lunch with Jasprit Bumrah’s unplayable away swinger found opposition skipper Dean Elgar’s (1) outside edge. South Africa went into the break with scoreboard reading 21 for one.Aiden Markram (9 batting) and Keegan Petersen (11 batting) were at the crease.The morning belonged to Ngidi and Rabada as the Supersport Park track stayed true to its reputation of quickening up as time progressed.The bounce was more and the length that Rabada and Nigidi bowled consistently was a touch fuller compared to first day.Unlike the opening day, the two overnight batters Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane (48) didn’t get anything short or wide to get going first up.It was Rabada, who drew the first blood on the day with a well directed short ball aimed at Rahul’s rib-cage.The batter simply couldn’t manage the pull-shot and the tickle landed in Quinton de Kock’s gloves.In case of Rahane, Ngidi hadn’t provided enough length for the drive and the ball reared up from length to take his edge and into keeper’s gloves.Ravichandran Ashwin’s batting in SENA countries has gone downhill and the leading edge that lobbed up to Keshav Maharaj was a result of not being able to negotiate extra bounce generated by Ngidi.Rishabh Pant (8)’s dismissal was a carbon copy of Cheteshwar Pujara’s where an angular delivery climbed up and it was an easy bat-pad catch for forward short leg.Bumrah (14) did hit a few boundaries to take the score past 325 which was at least 75 runs short of what India had envisaged at the start.ScoreboardIndia 1st Innings: KL Rahul c de Kock b Rabada 123 Mayank Agarwal lbw b Ngidi 60 Cheteshwar Pujara c Petersen b Ngidi 0 Virat Kohli c Mulder b Ngidi 35 Ajinkya Rahane c de Kock b Ngidi 48 Rishabh Pant c van der Dussen b Ngidi 8 Ravichandran Ashwin c Maharaj b Rabada 4 Shardul Thakur c de Kock b Rabada 4 Mohammed Shami c de Kock b Ngidi 8 Jasprit Bumrah c Mulder b Jansen 14 Mohammed Siraj not out 4 Extras: (B-4, LB-4, NB-11) 19Total: (All out in 105.3 overs) 327Fall of wickets: 1-117, 2-117, 3-199, 4-278, 5-291, 6-296, 7-296, 8-304, 9-308, 10-327South Africa bowling: Kagiso Rabada 26-5-72-3, Lungi Ngidi 24-5-71-6, Marco Jansen 18.3-4-69-1, Wiaan Mulder 19-4-49-0, Keshav Maharaj 18-2-58-0.South Africa 1st Innings: Dean Elgar c Pant b Bumrah 1 Aiden Markram batting 9 Keegan Petersen batting 11 Extras: 0 Total: (For 1 wicket in 7 overs) 21 Fall of wickets: 1-2 India bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-12-1, Mohammed Siraj 2-0-8-0, Mohammed Shami 1-0-1-0.