India's bowler Shardul Thakur reacts after dismissing South Africa's batsman Temba Bavuma, during the second day of the 2nd Test Cricket match between South Africa and India at the Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)India vs South Africa 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: Shardul Thakur picked up a maiden five-wicket haul as India bowled out South Africa for 229 in their first innings on the second day of the second Test on Tuesday. Thakur ran through the hosts’ batting line-up and finished with figures of 7/61.
Resuming at the overnight score of 35/1, South Africa added 53 runs before losing skipper Dean Elgar for 28 but Petersen held the other end, scoring 62 off 118 balls. The visitors were all out for 202 in their first innings. South Africa took a first-innings lead of 27 runs over India. Thakur’s knack of picking crucial wickets came in handy as his triple strike brought India back in the game, leaving South Africa at a jittery 102/4 going into lunch on day two of the second Test.
At Stumps, India were 85/2 with a lead of 58 runs as Chetehwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane put on a partnership of 41 runs in just 50 balls.
Brief Scores:
India 1st innings: 202 all out in 63.1 overs and 85/2 in 20 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 35 not out; Marco Jansen 1/18).
South Africa 1st innings: 229 all out in 79.4 overs (Keegan Petersen 62; Shardul Thakur 7/61).
India Playing XI: KL Rahul (c), Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj
South Africa Playing XI: Dean Elgar (c), Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Kyle Verreynne (w), Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Duanne Olivier and Lungi Ngidi
South Africa
229 (79.4) & 243/3 (67.4)India
202 (63.1) & 266 (60.1)South Africa beat India by 7 wickets
India's batsman Mohammed Shami, middle, successfully appeals for the dismissal of South Africa's Aiden Markram, during the first day of the 2nd Test Cricket match between South Africa and India at the Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Pujara plays it late deliberately and guides it past the slip cordon for a four-off Maharaj and that will be the end of play. Pujara and Rahane have put on a partnership of 41 runs in just 50 balls. IND: 85/2, India lead by 58 runs
Pujara plants his front foot and tries to defend one from Rabada and copes a blow on his gloves. A couple of over before this, Olivier had struck Rahane on his ribs. IND: 74/2, lead by 47 runs
Both the batsmen are under immense pressure and Duanne Olivier and Kagiso Rabada are troubling them consistently.
"There was a time when Pujara and Rahane at the crease meant an Indian fan could feel secure and be sure the bowlers will have to work for their wickets. Now with both of them at the crease all I can think of is which ball is going to get the edge," says Maiti on social media.
Duanne Olivier traps Agarwal dead in front of off stump. He has failed to read that all and shouldered arms to a ball which was coming in. Poor judgment from the Indian opener. IND: 44/2 after 11.4 overs
South Africa skipper Dean Elgar and team manager Khomotso Masubelele met match officials during the lunch break on day two of the second Test to discuss a questionable caught behind dismissal of Rassie van der Dussen. ESPNcricinfo reported that Elgar and Masubelele wanted to discuss the dismissal with on field umpires Marais Erasmus and Allahudien Palekar, third umpire Adrian Holdstock and match referee Andy Pycroft. What was discussed between them remains unclear.
KL Rahul couldn't help but poke at a Jansen delivery that nipped back in, only for it to take the bat's shoulder and carry to slip. The left-arm pacer set this up brilliantly and the angle works for him. IND:- 24/1
Mayank Agarwal is dealing in boundaries and has quickly reached 16, courtesy of four boundaries. Giving him company is KL Rahul who is on 8 and has hit one four. IND: 23/0 after 5 overs
Rahul and Agarwal are out in the middle for Team India's second innings. But their first target will be to wipe out the deficit which is 27 runs. Just one run of the over.
Shardul Thakur gets Ngidi, wraps up the innings, and finishes with 7/61. SA: 229 all out, lead by 27 runs
Brief Scores:
India 1st innings: 202 all out in 63.1 overs. (Mayank Agarwal 26, KL Rahul 50; Duanne Olivier 3/64, Marco Jansen 4/31, Kagiso Rabada 3/64).
South Africa 1st innings: 229 all out in 79.4 overs (Keegan Petersen 62; Shardul Thakur 7/61).
Shardul picks up his 6th wicket of the day! Jansen looks for another slog and skies it miles, but Ashwin comes underneath it, and takes a good catch. SA: 228/9
Shami thinks Olivier is out LBW and convinces the skipper to go upstairs but it was going down the leg side and UltraEdge shows nothing as well. India get their review wrong. SA: 228/8
Boom! Brilliant from Jasprit Bumrah to bowl Keshav Maharaj and get his first wicket of the match. Bumrah breaks the stubborn 8th wicket stand. South Africa: 217/8, lead by 15 runs
Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj continue to add some crucial runs to the home team's tally and a couple of runs from Jansen in the last ball of the 73rd over means that the Proteas are into the lead. SA: 203/7 (Lead by 1 run)
FOUR as Marco Jansen punches it through the gap at cover-point. However, he is hit on the body on the next ball which is short by Shardul. He is in some pain as the physio comes out. SA: 195/7
Allahudein Paleker was at Mecca, just done with his pilgrimage to Haj in 2017, when he found out that he had been elevated to the ICC panel of umpires. He saw it as a sign and a blessing. He umpired in the ODIs, stood in India’s tour of South Africa in 2018, and now has made his debut as a Test umpire, 15 years after first taking up the profession.
Incidentally, his umpiring partner was Marias Erasmus, his mentor who had started him on the umpiring path a decade and a half ago. (MORE)
“Many people have that lazy opinion about Shardul,” L Balaji, Shardul Thakur’s bowling coach at Chennai Super Kings, says when it’s put across that Thakur has a happy knack of taking a wicket. Lazy?
“I also use it but what I am protesting against is the fact that sometimes people use it to suggest that he can get lucky with the wicket-taking balls. As if he hasn’t worked intelligently through a spell. As if he hasn’t bowled them deliberately. Let me tell you, he is a very intelligent bowler.”
That intelligence was seen in the five-wicket burst in a game-turning spell before and after lunch on day 2 at Johannesburg. (READ MORE)
Shardul Thakur grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul as South Africa lost the momentum towards the end of the afternoon session to reach 191/7 at Tea. Thakur (13.1-3-43-5) with his happy knack of breaking partnerships more than compensated for Mohammed Siraj's hamstring injury as Keegan Petersen (62 off 118 balls) and the in-form Temba Bavuma (51 off 60 balls) laid the platform only to fritter away a promising start. The only silver lining for Proteas is that they are now only 11 runs short of India's first innings total of 202...
Rabada (0) chips a Shami delivery straight to the man at mid-on. Among overseas venues only at Lord's (11) have Indian seamers picked more than five five-fers than they have at the Wanderers. SA: 179/7 after 67.3 overs
Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada are at the crease! South Africa still trails India by 23 runs with 4 wickets in hand! 13 overs for the second new ball!
Five wicket hauls for India at Wanderers:
6/53 A Kumble 1992/93
5/104 J Srinath 1996/97
5/40 S Sreesanth 2006/07
5/54 J Bumrah 2017/18
5/29 Mohd Shami 2017/18
5/37 S Thakur 2021/22
Three boundaries off five balls, and Temba Bavuma brings up his Test fifty! But he doesn't last long at the crease. Bavuma (51) tries to work one down the leg side but the edge is found | SA: 177/6 after 66.3 overs
The partnership is broken at last and who else but Shardul Thakur in the act as he traps Verreynne in front, and the review returns three reds. Huge moment in the game. SA: 162/5 after 65 overs
Kyle Verreynne and Temba Bavuma are doing a good job for the hosts as they bring up a 50-run partnership. SA: 153/4, still trail by 49 runs
What a straight drive by Temba Bavuma to Bumrah for 4. There seems to be a concerted attempt at bowling more at the stumps post-lunch. SA: 151/4 after 61 overs
India has been very tight in their bowling but Bavuma and Verreynne look pretty compact in their batting thus far. India need to break this partnership before it really gets going.
Big shout for LBW on Verreynne. On field decision is not out. India will review. Shami seemed pretty sure. Replays show there was an inside edge, so Verreynne survives. India lose a review.
Verreynne has really taken it to Thakur in this over. Barrage of fours in this over to steady the South Africa innings. South Africa 129/4. SA trail by 74 runs.
Thick outside edge for a four. Bavuma pushes at it away from his body and it ran away past gully. Shami is the victim of it. 6 off this over. 50 overs gone. South Africa 119/4.
Did it carry? Did it not carry? No one can be sure. Rassie walked though so that might be all that is to it now.
And we are back and Kyle Verreynne has come to the crease. Shami to bowl after Thakur bowled the last 2 balls of his previous over. Bavuma on strike. 2 runs off this over. South Africa 104/4.
Shardul Thakur strikes thrice!!!! That's another one gone. Thankur strikes at the stroke of lunch. Not sure if that was a clean catch, but the decision has been made and van der Dussen is a goner. SA wobbly. We go to lunch. They trail India by 100 runs.
That's a big wicket. Shardul strikes again. This time it's Petersen. Sharp catch by Mayank Agarwal at second slip. South Africa lose both their set players. Indian bowlers have their tails up. SA 101/3.
Van der Dussen gets his review right. The ball hit the pad and not the bat on the way through to the keeper. A good review and Van der Dussen gets his decision overturned on 0. SA are 101 for 2 after 42 overs, trail by 101 runs.
Meanwhile, Keegan Petersen brings up his maiden Test half-century in 103 balls. This has been an excellent knock from him so far. He brings up the milestone with a boundary and then adds two more in the same over, taking South Africa's total past 100. SA are 100/2 after 40 overs.
Caught! India finally get the much-needed breakthrough. Shardul Thakur is the man to break the partnership! Elgar has been dismissed for 28 with a lovely ball that moved away off the seam, that he nicked behind to Pant. SA are 88/2 after 39 overs.
Elgar keeps the runs coming in for South Africa. After Pietersen's boundary, Elgar gets a boundary each in two overs to take South Africa's total to 85/1 after 38 overs. Meanwhile, India are getting desperate for a wicket here. They will be hoping to get the breakthrough before Lunch today to turn the table their side. Match has the potential to turn thrilling.
After a tough 1/2 hours, Keegan Petersen and Dean Elgar notched up a few runs in the next 30 minutes to bring up their 5-run stand. India still searching for that one wicket to open the gates, while Elgar and Petersen playing some cautious cricket. SA are 64/1 after 31 overs, trail IND by 138 runs.
South Africa bring up 50 runs. Elgar and Petersen are a showing good patience. Waiting until Bumrah and Shami are out of the attack then we need to get going, score runs. Dean Elgar has played out 44 balls without adding to his score. But more importantly, he's doing well to negotiate the threat from Bumrah and Shami. SA are 51/1 after 28 overs.
Bumrah thought he had claimed the wicket but Elgar survives. The ball seemed to have bounced behind the bat. On field umpires wanted a closer look at a caught behind from Elgar, and gave a soft signal of out. SA are 49/1 after 26 overs.
First boundary of the day! Keegan Petersen hits Jasprit Bumrah for a four! With that boundary from Petersen, he now has his highest Test score (22*). It's been a good start from Shami and Bumrah who have tested the batsmen with movement so far, but no wickets yet. SA are 44/1 after 22 overs.
Mohammed Siraj has taken the field for team India this morning, after his injury scare last evening. Elgar and Petersen kickstart proceedings for South Africa on the second day. SA are 35/1 after 19 overs.
India stand-in captain KL Rahul received a warning from umpire Marais Erasmus on the first day of the second Test, after he belatedly pulled out of a Kagiso Rabada delivery.
In the 5th over of the Indian innings, South African pacer Rabada was all set to bowl the third delivery but had to stop at the last moment because Rahul had pulled out at the last second. However, he was quick to apologise for the situation. “Just try and be a little quicker please KL,” the stump mic caught umpire Erasmus as saying, to which Rahul quickly said “Sorry”.
Clearly, he is someone who loves to bat; after all as a kid, batting was his first love not just in the gully cricket but even in competitive cricket till an injury opened the door to the world of offspin. The overthinking, as tabled above, can be quite amusing and interesting to watch. Not easy for a batsman to keep tinkering like this. In the past, through a series, he has had a different set-up according to the conditions and the pitches. (READ FULL STORY)
A porous Indian middle-order became even weaker after back spasms ruled Virat Kohli out of the second Test. Even in the middle of an elongated fallow period, Kohli has been scoring 30s and 40s, and India missed their captain today.
In his absence, the onus fell on two senior batsmen, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, to raise their game. Pujara is horribly out of form at the moment. Rahane, despite not scoring big in the first Test at Centurion, looked good and showed intent. Both came to this tour walking a tightrope and so far they have failed to live up to the pressure. (READ FULL STORY)
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