Ashwin to Rabada, out Caught by Jadeja!! Rabada’s tom-and-jerry game with Ashwin comes to an end. Was only a matter of time really. Went for the wild slog across the line, ripping off break that further makes things tougher. Ends up slicing it high in the air and if there is a fielder you don’t want […]

Jadeja to D Piedt, out Bowled!! Brain fade shot from Piedt! Gives the charge early, does Piedt, and goes for a wild hoick across the line. Jadeja isn’t a buffet bowler to be trying this against, especially when it’s difficult to get to the pitch of his deliveries. Piedt being a lower order batter doesn’t care and not […]

Ashwin to George Linde, out George Linde Run Out!! Needless! Absolutely needless from Linde and Piedt. The quicker delivery that is squirted off the inner portion to backward square, Linde took a start and Piedt responded, but the former stopped and that was the problem. Nadeem swooped down on the ball and fired an accurate throw […]

U Yadav to Elgar, no run, Elgar is down for the count! Totally took his eyes off this shorter length ball that kicked up to ram him on the helmet. Immediately reacted in discomfort and gradually gets on the ground. India’s players are quickly around him, checking on the southpaw. The physio comes out and the concussion […]

U Yadav to Klaasen, out Lbw! Umesh comes back to pick up Klaasen! The umpire raises the fingeer straight away. Trapped on the crease is another RSA batsman. Nope, he isn’t going for the review. Seams back in from a back of a length at 137.5km/h, and makes Klaasen jack-knife. He misses the ball with the bat coming down […]

Nadeem to Anrich Nortje, out Lbw!! Only an inside edge could have saved Nortje there. He was struck plumb in front. The slider which skids on. Nortje presses forward and is beaten by the in-drift, the ball strikes him in front of middle and ball-tracking shows it to be going on to crash into leg-stump. Here […]

U Yadav to George Linde, out Caught by Rohit!! There’s the wicket. He beat him a couple of times in the previous over and this time manages to find the edge. Full and outside off, Linde is sucked into the expansive drive and he goes hard, the ball tails away a bit and that is enough to […]

Shami to D Piedt, out Lbw!! That keeps low and has been given out LBW. Piedt doesn’t review and walks off. That was on a length, refuses to rise up and Piedt was caught on the back foot. Had to saunter down on to his haunches but even that wasn’t enough. The moment he was hit on […]

Shami to Bavuma, out Caught by W Saha!! Edged and taken! The traditional new-ball dismissal. Shami gets closer to the sticks on this occasion to deliver the near-accurate out-seamer just around off stump, Bavuma isn’t tight enough as he pokes at this tentatively. Always dangerous to go fishing against the moving ball and the bounce compounds Bavuma’s misery […]

Shami to du Plessis, out Lbw!! Shami’s planning pays off finally. Went wide of the crease on two occasions prior to this against Faf. Both were fullish outswingers, one that was left alone and then saw one just beating the SA skipper’s outside edge. On this occasion, the length is slightly shorter and the line is straighter as […]