On Day 1 of the first Test match against Team India, South Africa was bowled out for just 159 runs in 55 overs at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Team India`s lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah was the architect with the ball. Bowling 14 overs, he conceded 27 runs and claimed five wickets. This also helped him register his 16th five-wicket haul in the longest format of the game.
Earlier, opting to bat, Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickelton opened the innings for South Africa. Facing 48 balls, Markram scored 31 runs, including five boundaries and a maximum. Rickelton accumulated 23 runs off 22 balls, with the help of four boundaries.
Wiaan Mulder registered 24 runs in 51 balls, including three boundaries. Skipper Temba Bavuma failed to put on a big show with the willow, as he departed after scoring three runs off 11 balls.
Tony de Zorzi faced 55 balls and smashed a boundary and a maximum. His innings ended with a score of 24 runs. Kyle Verreynne scored 16 runs in 36 balls, with the help of two boundaries. Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj registered a three-ball duck each.
Facing 23 balls, Corbin Bosch managed to score just three runs, whereas Simon Harmer scored five runs off five balls and smashed a boundary. Tristan Stubbs stayed unbeaten on 15 runs. He faced 74 balls and smashed a boundary.
Along with Bumrah, pacer Mohammed Siraj and wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav also chipped in with the ball. Bowling a total of 12 overs, Siraj claimed two wickets for 47 runs, whereas Kuldeep, too, registered two scalps and was smashed for 36 runs in 14 overs.
Axar Patel picked up on wicket by conceding 21 runs in six overs. Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar went wicketless in South Africa`s first innings of the first Test match. Bowling eight overs, Jadeja gave away 13 runs, and Sundar conceded just three runs in one over.
Team India will now rely on their opening duo, KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal, to deliver big knocks. Also, it will be interesting to see if Rishabh Pant makes it big on his comeback international match after the injury layoff.