The dominance of the bowlers continued on the first day of the Cape Town Test. The Indian team is looking for 153 runs. This gives Team India a lead of 98 runs. By the time India's fifth batsman returned to the pavilion, the team had actually scored 153 runs. But the next 5 batsmen couldn't even add a run. India's final six batsmen returned to the pavilion after just 11 balls. Apart from Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Nandre Berger took three wickets each for South Africa. While Prasidh Krishna returned to the pavilion after running away.
Virat Kohli scored the most runs for India. Virat Kohli scored 46 runs off 59 balls. Indian captain Rohit Sharma scored 39 runs in 50 balls. Shubman Gill contributed 36 runs. 7 batsmen of the Indian team could not open their account. While only three batsmen managed to cross double figures. Apart from opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Mukesh Kumar failed to score even a run.
Team India, which came to bat in response to South Africa's 55 runs, did not get off to a good start. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal started from zero. However, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill quickly added more runs after that. Virat Kohli took charge after that, but what happened after that is something Indian fans would like to forget.
India suffered the sixth blow by 153 runs. At this point, KL Rahul returned to the pavilion. KL Rahul was released by Lungi Ngidi. But the next 5 batsmen couldn't even score a run. As a result, India's innings was reduced to just 153 runs. However, the Indian team managed to gain a significant lead of 98 runs based on the first innings.