2nd Test, Day 4: South Africa won by 7 wickets
Apparently, the rain in Johannesburg that postponed 6 hours for the beginning of the 2nd Test match between South Africa and India can be called as a “worth the wait” for South Africa. Dean Elgar – man of the match, helped South Africa to beat India by 7 wickets. Elgar’s fantastic knock also helped South Africa to register their first win against India at the Wanderers in 6 attempts. On the top of that, this was also South Africa’s highest successful chase at this venue since readmission, outperforming the 220 they scored to win the Test that happened against New Zealand in 2006.
Let’s see brief stats: India 202 (KL Rahul 50, R Ashwin 46; Marco Jansen 4-31, Kagiso Rabada 3-64, Duanne Olivier 3-64) & 266 (Ajinkya Rahane 58, Cheteshwar Pujara 53; Lungi Ngidi 3-43, Marco Jansen 3-67, Kagiso Rabada 3-77) lost to South Africa 229 (Keegan Petersen 62, Temba Bavuma 51; Shardul Thakur 7-61) & 243/3 (Dean Elgar 96*, Rassie van der Dussen 40; R Ashwin 1-26, Shardul Thakur 1-47) by 7 wickets.
