SA vs IND | 1st Test | Twitter reacts as India breach yet another fortress, beat Proteas at Centurion

The Indian cricket team has ended its year on a high in Test cricket as it breached yet another fortress to register yet another memorable win. The year which started with Ajinkya Rahane’s second-string Indian team beating the Australian side on its fortress Gabba to lift the Test series 2-1, ended with the Virat Kohli’s men becoming the first Asian side to register a Test victory at Centurion in South Africa. 

In this match, it wasn’t easy at all to bat and was shown in the collapses that both sides had in the game. Thus the first innings tota of India would now be regarded as the key point in the game.

The century by Lokesh Rahul and a good hand by Mayank Agarwal and Ajinkya Rahane to take the team past 300 was very crucial as in the second, third and fourth innings, neither of the two teams was able to get past even the 200 run mark. 

Similarly, Mohammad Shami was on the mark right from the word go as he took five wickets in the first innings, playing an important role in restricting South Africa to 199. In the second innings too, his three wickets came at very crucial junctures in the game and stopped the Proteas from trying to save the game. 

From South Africa’s point of view, Dean Elgar and Temba Bavuma were the two batters who tried to occupy the crease as there was a lack of application from the rest of the top order batters. As for bowlers, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada and debutant Marco Jansen all bowled with purpose, but it was mainly the batters who failed big time.