The India team pushed hard for 327 runs in the opening innings of the current match with South Africa at Centurion. India had scored 272 runs by the end of the first day of play. After this, the game could not be played on the second day due to rain. Now, on the third day, the Indian team failed to score many runs. Lokesh Rahul came out after scoring 123 runs for India. On the third day, Ajinkya Rahane returned to the pavilion after scoring 48 runs. After that, neither player could handle the entrances. After Rahane, Pant came out after scoring just 8 runs.
After winning the toss, opting to hit first, the Indian team scored 321 runs in the first inning. During this, Rahul scored 123 runs facing 260 balls. Mayank contributed 60 runs on 123 balls. Captain Virat Kohli scored 35 runs on 94 balls. Rahane faced 102 balls and scored 48 runs with the help of 9 fours. After this, neither player could handle the Indian entries.
Rishabh Pant played just 13 balls and came out after scoring 8 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin came out with a personal score of 4 runs, Shardul Thakur 4 runs and Mohammed Shami 8 runs.
Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada played dangerously for South Africa. Engidi took 6 wickets for 71 runs in 24 overs. During this, he took out 5 maidens. At the same time, Rabada took 3 wickets for 72 runs in 26 overs. During this, he took out 5 maidens. Apart from this, Marco Jensen took a wicket.
This is Jenson’s debut game. He made Jasprit Bumrah his victim. Bumrah eventually scored 14 runs. He also hit two fours in this inning.
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