India vs South Africa 1st Test at Visakhapatnam, 02 Oct, 2019

Toss: India, who chose to bat
India 502/7 (136)  &  323/4 (67)
South Africa 431/10 (131.2)  &  191/10 (63.5)
India won by 203 runs
Man of the Match: Rohit Sharma
  • Senuran Muthusamy 49 * (108)

Over 0.5 Ishant Sharma bowls a pitched up delivery to Dean Elgar, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and flicks it over backward square leg and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 2.6 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and helps it down to the fine leg fence for four.

Over 4.1 Ravindra Jadeja bowls it short of length to Aiden Markram, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and cuts it hard through backward point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 7.6 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Theunis de Bruyn, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and swept it along the ground to fine leg fence for four.

Over 20.2 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Temba Bavuma, Boundary! Gets forward and went for a drive through the off-side, the ball takes the outside edge and fly over the slips and raced away to the fence for four.

Over 22.3 Ishant Sharma bowls a pitched up delivery to Temba Bavuma, Boundary! Got this full and towards the pads, there was a short mid-wicket and mid-wicket in place but Bavuma got the flick wide of the two fielders with a controlled flick.

Over 23.5 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, Boundary! Came down the track and went for the loft over mid-on. The bat face turned in his hand, thereby inducing a mishit but it had enough wood to clear the fielder Vihari who tried chasing it down but was never going to reach it. 

Over 24.5 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Temba Bavuma, Boundary! Got behind the line of this good length ball nicely, opening the bat face late to glide this wide of the second slip fielder. Once it sneaked through, it was always going to race away.

Over 25.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to Dean Elgar, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and pushes down the ground. Strong bottom hand coming into play and mid-on had no chance as this was struck quite straighter.

Over 29.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Goes for the conventional hard sweep but gets this off the under-edge of the blade, splits leg slip and short leg, as this races to the fence.

Over 29.4 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and swept it hard through square leg and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 30.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar, Boundary! Came down the track and heaves it through mid-wicket and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 31.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a half volley to Dean Elgar, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven along the ground to sweeper cover fence for four.

Over 37.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Gets on his knee and sweeps it with the turn through the square leg umpire for four. Making it look easy are the South Africans.

Over 39.5 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, Boundary! Just nails that drive through extra cover for four after a confident front foot stride

Over 40.3 Hanuma Vihari tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Gets forward and  gobles up the bait but with apprehension, read soft hands, which keeps it down and the thick outside edge rolls away towards the third man boundary for four.

Over 43.4 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, Boundary! Goes deep inside the crease and tickled away fine towards the long-stop fence for four.

Over 44.2 Ishant Sharma bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Comes forward and present the full face of the bat and driven along the ground to the long-on fence for four.

Over 49.1 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and whipped away off the back foot towards deep square leg for four.

Over 53.5 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and smashes it straight down the ground for four.

Over 55.4Ravichandran Ashwin to Faf du Plessis Boundary! ...

Over 56.1 Mohammed Shami to Dean Elgar Boundary! ...

Over 56.5 Mohammed Shami to Dean Elgar Boundary! ...

Over 58.4 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Quinton de Kock, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven along the ground to the deep extra cover fence for four.

Over 62.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, Boundary! Plays the flick late and manages to paint enough bat on the ball to send it rolling along the ground to the fine leg fence.

Over 66.5 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Quinton de Kock, Boundary! Gets forward and driven along the ground to sweeper cover fence for four.

Over 66.6 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Quinton de Kock, Boundary Just leaned on his front foot and timed the punch-drive to perfection, the bat face opening at the last moment to race it past the fielder at extra cover.

Over 67.3Ravindra Jadeja to Quinton de Kock Boundary! ...

Over 68.4Hanuma Vihari bowls short of length delivery to Quinton de Kock, goes back and cuts it away towards the thirdman region.Boundary!

Over 77.1  Mohammed Shami bowls a half volley to Dean Elgar, Boundary! It comes on to the front foot and driven along the ground to long-on for four.

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