On Day 2 of the first Test match against Team India, South Africa posted 93 runs in their second innings at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The visitors lost seven wickets in 35 overs at stumps on the second day.
Skipper Temba Bavuma and Corbin Bosch are unbeaten on the scores of 29 and one run, respectively. Facing 78 balls, Bavuma smashed three boundaries, and Bosch had faced just four balls. The Proteas will resume Day 3 with the score of 93 and a lead of 63 runs.
Team India`s premier all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja, bagged four wickets by conceding 29 runs in 13 overs. From the other end, wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav claimed two wickets for 12 runs in five overs while Axar Patel scalped one wicket. He was smashed for 30 runs in 11 overs. Lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah went wicketless on Day 2 of the first Test match. Bowling six overs so far, he has leaked 14 runs.
After bowling out Team India for 189 runs in their first innings, Ryan Rickelton and Aiden Markram departed early. Facing 23 balls, Rickelton scored 11 runs, with the help of a boundary. Markram was dismissed for four runs in 23 balls.
Wiaan Mulder managed to score 11 runs off 30 deliveries, including a boundary. Tony de Zorzi departed after scoring just two runs off two balls. Tristan Stubbs and Kyle Verreynne returned to the pavilion on the scores of five and nine runs, respectively. Stubbs` innings ended in 18 balls, and Verreynne smashed a boundary in his 16-ball knock.
Earlier in the day, the hosts were bowled out for 189 runs in 62.2 overs at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata after having secured a lead of 30 runs.
Spinner Simon Harmer delivered a stunning performance as he claimed four wickets by conceding 30 runs in 15.2 overs.
Team India`s KL Rahul emerged as the highest run-scorer for the side. Facing 119 balls, he scored 39 runs, with the help of four boundaries and a maximum. With this, he also completed his tally of 4000 runs in the format`s history.
Skipper Shubman Gill retired hurt on four runs after facing three balls. His knock also included a boundary. Rishabh Pant accumulated 27 runs after facing 24 balls. In what was his comeback knock to international cricket, the left-hander also smashed two boundaries and the same number of maximums.
Jadeja scored 27 runs off 45 deliveries, with the help of three boundaries. Dhruv Jurel returned to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs off 14 balls, and also smashed three boundaries.