Today is the fourth day of the match between India and South Africa being played at Newlands Cricket Ground (NCG) in Cape Town. The show of failure of the Indian batsmen continued on the third day and in the second innings, the Indian team managed only 198 runs. South Africa got a target of 212 runs to win. At the end of the third day game, the hosts scored 101 runs for the loss of two wickets. The African team is only 111 runs away from victory and it has become very difficult for the Indian team to recover. If Team India is to win, then the bowlers are going to have to do something amazing.
The Indian team had scored 223 runs in the first innings, before which the hosts were reduced to 210 runs. The Indian team gained a 13-run lead. But in the second inning, the show of failure of the India team batsmen continued and the whole team managed only 198 runs. Rishabh Pant played a 100-run unbeaten inning, but the batsmen couldn’t stand at the other end and kept coming back to the pavilion. After this, South Africa’s second innings began and at the end of the third day’s play, the hosts scored 101 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. At the moment, South Africa has tightened the knot in the game and it has been difficult for them to return to the Indian team.
In the second innings for the Indian team, the start was very poor and KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal soon returned to the pavilion. After this Cheteshwar Pujara and captain Virat Kohli handled the innings together. But on the second ball of the third day, Pujara returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs. After this, Rishabh Pant and Kohli brought the score forward. Kohli came out after scoring 29 runs. After this successive Indian batsmen returned to the pavilion one after another and Rishabh Pant remained at one end. Until the end, Rishabh Pant came back undefeated after scoring 100 runs, but all other batsmen were flops.
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