India vs South Africa 2nd Test at Johannesburg, 03 Jan, 2022

Toss: India, who chose to bat
India 202/10 (63.1)  &  266/10 (60.1)
South Africa 229/10 (79.4)  &  243/3 (67.4)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Dean Elgar
  • Temba Bavuma 23 * (45)
  • Dean Elgar 96 * (188)

Over 7.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar, 2 runs, gets forward and tucked away behind square on the on-side and Elgar scampers back for the second

Over 7.2 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Dean Elgar, no run, gets back in the crease and  drops it in front of cover-point and wanted a single, sent back by his partner

Over 7.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no run, gets forward and  looking to clip and missed

Over 7.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no run, gets forward and high on the bat and rolled down towards the slip cordon - went following with the angle and got squared up by the angle, gets lucky that the edge didn't travel

Over 7.5 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Dean Elgar, 2 runs, shuffles across on the back foot and clipped down to long leg for an easy 

Over 7.6 Shardul Thakur bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Dean Elgar, no run, stays deep inside the crease and  jams his bat down and squirts it towards gully

Over 9.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar,1 run, gets forward and worked in front of square on the on-side for a single

Over 9.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Aiden Markram, Boundary! Gets transfers his weight on the back-foot and drives it square past point, beats the fielder running across from the deep


Over 9.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Aiden Markram, no run, gets caught in the crease as he pushed forward, beaten on the inside edge and struck him on the thigh

Over 9.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Aiden Markram, no run, gets beaten on the inside edge - played with a slightly angled bat and was struck in front of leg

Over 9.5 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Aiden Markram, no run, gets into the drive and beats him on the inside edge

Over 9.6 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Aiden Markram, out Lbw!! Markram is pinned in the crease, past the tentative forward prod and smashed him on the back-leg, in front of off, was going and hitting the stumps, easy call for the umpire 

Over 11.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no run, shuffles across and defends it to the off-side

Over 11.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Dean Elgar, no run, press forward as Elgar drives it to mid-off

Over 11.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Dean Elgar, no run, gets forward and dragged into the drive, gets beaten on the angle as the ball went through to Pant

Over 11.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no run, gets forward and plays with a straight bat in defence

Over 11.5 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no run, opened up on the defensive push and is beaten on the outside edge

Over 11.6 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no run, gets forward and tries to play away from the body, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 13.1: No runs. Shardul Thakur to Dean Elgar,

Over 13.2: No runs. Shardul Thakur to Dean Elgar,

Over 13.3: Single. Shardul Thakur to Dean Elgar,

Over 13.4: Single. Shardul Thakur to Keegan Petersen,

Over 13.5: No runs. Shardul Thakur to Dean Elgar,

Over 13.6: No runs. Shardul Thakur to Dean Elgar,

Over 15.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no run, lunges well forward and defends it to mid-on

Over 15.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Dean Elgar,1 run, prods across and works it to mid-wicket for a single

Over 15.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Keegan Petersen, no run, presses forward on the block to mid-off

Over 15.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Keegan Petersen, no run, prods forward and pushes it to mid-on

Over 15.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Keegan Petersen, no run, gets forward and  brings his wrists into play as he clips it to mid-on

Over 15.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Keegan Petersen, no run, gets inside the line and lets it go through to the keeper.

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