South Africa vs India 1st Test at Cape Town, 05 Jan, 2018

Toss: South Africa, who chose to bat
South Africa 286/10 (73.1)  &  129/10 (41.2)
India 209/10 (73.4)  &  135/10 (42.4)
South Africa won by 72 runs
Man of the Match: Vernon Philander
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar 13 * (41)

Over 24.2 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 24.3 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and tries to push away from the body but gets beaten.

Over 24.4 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and defends it to cover with full face of the bat.

Over 24.5 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets behind the line on the font foot and defends it on the off side.

Over 24.6 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, goes deep in the crease and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 26.1 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, stands tall, drops his wrists and lets it go.

Over 26.2 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and looks to play at it, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 26.3 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and driven straight to the man at cover.

Over 26.4 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, 1 run, gets forward and defends it towards the man at deep point.

Over 27.1 Vernon Philander good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and watches it along go through to the keeper.

Over 27.2 Vernon Philander good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, stays on the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 27.3 Vernon Philander good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets cover the off stump line on the front foot and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 27.4 Vernon Philander bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and driven straight to the man at mid on.

Over 27.5 Vernon Philander bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and plays it towards mid on.

Over 27.6 Vernon Philander good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, stays on the front foot and defends it towards cover.

Over 29.1 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 29.2 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, stays on the front foot and shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 29.3 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, 1 run, shuffles across on the back foot and flicks it down to fine leg and gets a single.

Over 31.1 Morne Morkel bowls it short of length to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets on top of the bounce and taps it on the off side.

Over 31.2 Morne Morkel bowls it short of length to Ravichandran Ashwin, 2 runs,  stands tall and punches this through the covers and picks up couple of runs.

Over 31.3 Morne Morkel bangs it short onto the pitch to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, goes deep in the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 31.4 Morne Morkel bowls it short of length to Ravichandran Ashwin, Boundary! Rocks back in the crease and pulls it down to deep backward square leg fence for four.

Over 31.5 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and let it go outside off through to the keeper.

Over 31.6 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 32.5 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, goes on to the back foot and tucks it down the leg side.

Over 32.6 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it along the ground through cover and picks up couple of runs.

Over 33.3 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 33.4 Morne Morkel bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and driven straight to the man at mid on.

Over 33.5 Morne Morkel bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, 1 run, gets forward and drives it along the ground to deep point.

Over 34.1 Kagiso Rabada bowls it short of length to Ravichandran Ashwin, 1 run, shuffles inside the line of it and glances down to fine leg.

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