South Africa vs India, 1st Test at Centurion, SA v IND, Dec 26 2023 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Test, Centurion, December 26 - 28, 2023, India tour of South Africa
India 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Verreynne b Burger | 17 | 37 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 45.94 | |||
| c Burger b Rabada | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 | |||
| c †Verreynne b Burger | 2 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| c †Verreynne b Rabada | 38 | 64 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 59.37 | |||
| b Rabada | 31 | 50 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 62.00 | |||
| b Burger | 101 | 137 | 199 | 14 | 4 | 73.72 | |||
| c sub (PWA Mulder) b Rabada | 8 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 72.72 | |||
| c Elgar b Rabada | 24 | 33 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 72.72 | |||
| b Jansen | 1 | 19 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 5.26 | |||
| c †Verreynne b Coetzee | 5 | 22 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 22.72 | |||
| not out | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 8, nb 1, w 2) | 13 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 67.4 Ov (RR: 3.62) | 245 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Rohit Sharma, 4.6 ov), 2-23 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 9.4 ov), 3-24 (Shubman Gill, 11.1 ov), 4-92 (Shreyas Iyer, 26.6 ov), 5-107 (Virat Kohli, 30.6 ov), 6-121 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 34.6 ov), 7-164 (Shardul Thakur, 46.2 ov), 8-191 (Jasprit Bumrah, 54.3 ov), 9-238 (Mohammed Siraj, 65.1 ov), 10-245 (KL Rahul, 67.4 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 4 | 59 | 5 | 2.95 | 97 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4.6 to RG Sharma, Holes out to long leg. Rabada has his hands aloft and celebrates. Rohit, meanwhile, throws his head back in disappointment. Dug in short and into the body. Sharp, short delivery from Rabada. Rohit swivels into a hook, and times it fairly fell, but picks out Burger, the debutant, at long leg - the one man in the deep. 13/1 26.6 to SS Iyer, Ooooh, Rabada storms through the defences of Iyer. Terrific delivery from Rabada. Full inducker from Rabada, this line and length brings the stumps into play. Gathers pace after hitting the pitch, probably keeps a bit low, beats the inside edge and clatters into the stumps. 92/4 30.6 to V Kohli, What a ball from Rabada! He has Kohli nicking off. Nice and full once again from Rabada. He was a bit too short in the morning session. This is a perfectly-pitched delivery, angling in at off. So Kohli has to play at this. It then jags away late to take the outside edge, which is held by Verreynne. Rabada has tipped it SA's way post lunch. You're never in, in these conditions. 107/5 34.6 to R Ashwin, Wow, Rabada generates trampoline bounce. Unplayable stuff. Good overhead catch from Mulder. On a length, angling in and rears up at Ashwin who tries to loosen his grip. But the ball hits the glove/handle and pops up to third slip, where the sub fielder snags a smart catch. 121/6 46.2 to SN Thakur, that's the end of Shardul! He took the blows bravely but decided he'll keep playing his shots. One of them has his name on it. This is a length ball outside off, he goes for the drive on the up, struck it well but hit it straight to Elgar. Fifth wicket for Kagiso Rabada! . 164/7 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 3.25 | 74 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
54.3 to JJ Bumrah, Jansen comes back and has Bumrah chopping on. Fullish and angling in towards off at 140ks, Bumrah swings for the hills, but can only direct a thick inside edge back onto his own stumps. 191/8 | ||||||||||
| 15.4 | 4 | 50 | 3 | 3.19 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
9.4 to YBK Jaiswal, edged and grabbed by Verreynne. Chest-high catch. Maiden Test scalp for Burger. Pitched up and outside off, leaves Jaiswal a bit outside off. He drives loosely and nicks it behind to the keeper. After Rabada and Jansen kept digging it short, Burger goes fuller and reaps reward. 23/2 11.1 to Shubman Gill, back of a length and nipping down the leg side at 142ks. Burger thinks Gill has gloved this behind to the keeper. Bavuma seems to agree with his bowler and challenges the on-field not-out decision. It's a fair delivery from Burger. Yes indeed, Gill has gloved this behind to Verreynne. What a day for the debutant! He has been involved in all three dismissals this morning. Umpire Rusere reverses his decision. Gill has to depart. 24/3 67.4 to KL Rahul, and Burger castles Rahul. Was a length ball that came back sharply to beat Rahul's uppish drive and clatter into the stumps. But what an innings. 245/10 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 4.62 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
65.1 to Mohammed Siraj, given caught behind. Siraj pushes at a length ball in the channel that leaves him. But Siraj wants to review this. And the UltraEdge shows a spike as the ball passed the bat. India nine down, Rahul on 95. 238/9 | ||||||||||
South Africa 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Rahul b Mohammed Siraj | 5 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 29.41 | |||
| c †Rahul b Thakur | 185 | 287 | 425 | 28 | 0 | 64.45 | |||
| c Jaiswal b Bumrah | 28 | 62 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 45.16 | |||
| b Bumrah | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| b Mohammed Siraj | 56 | 87 | 137 | 7 | 2 | 64.36 | |||
| c †Rahul b Prasidh Krishna | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |||
| not out | 84 | 147 | 202 | 11 | 1 | 57.14 | |||
| c Mohammed Siraj b Ashwin | 19 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 105.55 | |||
| b Bumrah | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |||
| b Bumrah | 0 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| absent hurt | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Extras | (lb 13, nb 9, w 2) | 24 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 108.4 Ov (RR: 3.75) | 408 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Aiden Markram, 3.5 ov), 2-104 (Tony de Zorzi, 28.6 ov), 3-113 (Keegan Petersen, 30.2 ov), 4-244 (David Bedingham, 60.1 ov), 5-249 (Kyle Verreynne, 61.5 ov), 6-360 (Dean Elgar, 94.5 ov), 7-391 (Gerald Coetzee, 99.1 ov), 8-392 (Kagiso Rabada, 100.5 ov), 9-408 (Nandre Burger, 108.4 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.4 | 5 | 69 | 4 | 2.58 | 129 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28.6 to T de Zorzi, there's a wicket finally! Bumrah exults, Kohli lets out a war cry and the Indians are pumped. Bumrah gets this length ball to angle in and straighten off the seam, de Zorzi is squared up as he jabs at this to get a thick edge. Jaiswal at third slip takes the regulation catch without a fuss.. 104/2 30.2 to KD Petersen, chopped on! India have two in two overs and it's that man Bumrah again. This wasn't all that short for Petersen to try and go for a cut, the ball was also angling in so he was denied room, he still went through with the shot and ended up playing on.. 113/3 100.5 to K Rabada, Bumrah knocks out the off stump and has it cartwheeling on the ground. Some cheer for India fans. Around the wicket, on a good length, angling in, tricks Rabada into playing for the inward angle, but it straightens away enough to beat the outside edge and hit the top of off stump. Cracker of a delivery from Bumrah after the lunch break. 392/8 108.4 to N Burger, Bumrah yorks Burger. Bavuma won't bat for SA. Jansen is stranded on 84. Right in the blockhole from round the stumps, even a top-order batter might have found it difficult to keep it out. Bumrah hits the base of off stump with an accurate yorker. 408/9 | ||||||||||
| 24 | 1 | 91 | 2 | 3.79 | 102 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
3.5 to AK Markram, that's a cracker of a delivery. You saw that coming, didn't you? There will be days when Siraj will be unlucky with these missing the edge. Today's not that day. It's pitched up, full and swings away late to have Markram nicking as he prods tentatively. Siraj thoroughly deserved that. What an over.. 11/1 60.1 to DG Bedingham, joy finally for Siraj! And it's a direct consequence of pitching it up and letting the surface come into play. Bedingham was comfortable with anything length or short of length so the only real chance India had was by going full. He bowls full from wide of the crease, gets the ball to move back in a bit to sneak through his defense. Superb delivery and India will be massively relieved.. 244/4 | ||||||||||
| 19 | 2 | 101 | 1 | 5.31 | 78 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
94.5 to D Elgar, joy finally for India and it's through a leg-side strangle. It's a quick bouncer from Shardul, Elgar was looking to initially pull but the ball skidded through and by the time he decided to avoided it, the gloves had come in the way. Rahul pouches the faint tickle. Reiffel gave it out on field but Elgar chose to review. He'll find out, much to his dismay, that there was some glove. Stand up and applaud a fabulous innings. It's been a special knock. What a position he's put South Africa in. An innings of character, concentration and class. Typically Elgar.. 360/6 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 2 | 93 | 1 | 4.65 | 87 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
61.5 to K Verreynne, an appeal for caught behind. Denied, but India have reviewed. It was short of length outside off. Verreynne went for the cut and the UltraEdge shows it brushed his glove on its way to the keeper. Prasidh has got his first Test wicket. 249/5 | ||||||||||
| 19 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 2.15 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
99.1 to G Coetzee, he has picked out Siraj at mid-off. Coetzee had decided he'll be ultra-aggressive, couldn't hold back the moment he saw this tossed up. First wicket for Ashwin; happens to be wicket number 490.. 391/7 | ||||||||||
India 2nd Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Verreynne b Burger | 5 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 27.77 | |||
| b Rabada | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Jansen | 26 | 37 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 70.27 | |||
| c Rabada b Jansen | 76 | 82 | 137 | 12 | 1 | 92.68 | |||
| b Jansen | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| c Markram b Burger | 4 | 24 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| c Bedingham b Burger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Bedingham b Rabada | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| run out (Elgar/Rabada) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Verreynne b Burger | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |||
| not out | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 6) | 8 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 34.1 Ov (RR: 3.83) | 131 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Rohit Sharma, 2.5 ov), 2-13 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 5.3 ov), 3-52 (Shubman Gill, 13.6 ov), 4-72 (Shreyas Iyer, 17.5 ov), 5-96 (KL Rahul, 25.5 ov), 6-96 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 25.6 ov), 7-105 (Shardul Thakur, 28.3 ov), 8-113 (Jasprit Bumrah, 30.2 ov), 9-121 (Mohammed Siraj, 31.5 ov), 10-131 (Virat Kohli, 34.1 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 2.66 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2.5 to RG Sharma, Rabada snags Rohit once again. After testing Rohit just outside off, Rabada brings this one back into Rohit on middle. It then straightens away late to beat the outside edge and crash into off stump. Another Rabada gem. Another contender for the ball of this Test. Rohit is gone for a duck. 5/1 28.3 to SN Thakur, edged and taken this time at gully. India are seven down and sinking at SS Park. Trampoline bounce for Rabada once again. Thakur is squared up as he jabs at it. The outside edge flies to Bedingham at gully. 105/7 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 3.30 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
5.3 to YBK Jaiswal, Burger thinks he has his man. Yes, Jaiswal has to depart as well. Trampoline bounce for Burger. Jaiswal can't get the gloves out of the way in time and tickles it behind to the keeper. Burger puts it on a length or a back of a length, it rears up viciously. 13/2 25.5 to KL Rahul, edged and taken at second slip. Burger has taken out first-innings hero Burger. Rahul shakes his head as he walks back. Very full and outside off, tails away even further. Burger sucks Rahul into a flaccid drive away from the body. Chest-high catch for Markram. 96/5 25.6 to R Ashwin, Double-blow from Burger. This could well end today. Ashwin is gone for a duck. Just short of a good length and wide of off, Ashwin also stabs away from the body. The outside edge flies to gully. Smart take by debutant Bedingham. 96/6 31.5 to Mohammed Siraj, Siraj is on the floor. SA think Siraj has tickled it behind to the keeper. Not given out on the field. SA challenge the on-field not-out decision. Short and slanting back into Siraj, who looks away and takes his eyes off the ball and ducks into this. Ultra Edge detects a spike. The ball brushes the gloves and pops up to the keeper. 121/9 | ||||||||||
| 7.1 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 5.02 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13.6 to Shubman Gill, got him! Gill plays all around a full delivery that angles in and hears the stumps rattled. Looks to play through midwicket when he may have perhaps been better off playing straighter. The ball sneaks through to crash into the stumps. Gill is distraught and India have lost three. Jansen is pumped as he should be!. 52/3 17.5 to SS Iyer, Jansen knocks Iyer over. Can SA wrap this up today? Nice and full from Jansen, nipping in to Iyer, who pushes out and directs an inside edge back onto his own stumps. 72/4 34.1 to V Kohli, that's the end of that! It has taken a sensational catch from Rabada to end this Test. Kohli steps out and plays a horizontal bat shot over the bowler's head - not quite like the one he played off Haris Rauf in *that* game, but you get the drift, right? But he doesn't time it as well. Yet it needs an outstanding effort from Rabada to even get to the ball. He sprints to his left from long-on and then is on the move as he completes the catch. Sensational stuff. Kohli is shell-shocked and India have been bundled out in less than 35 overs. The final frontier will have to wait. . 131/10 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5.60 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Tue, 26 Dec - day 1 - India 1st innings 208/8 (KL Rahul 70*, Mohammed Siraj 0*, 59 ov)
Wed, 27 Dec - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 256/5 (Dean Elgar 140*, Marco Jansen 3*, 66 ov)
Thu, 28 Dec - day 3 - India 2nd innings 131 (34.1 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
- D Elgar: 150 off 228 balls (24 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls (D Elgar 23, M Jansen 25, Ex 2)
- South Africa: 300 runs in 78.6 overs (483 balls), Extras 20
- New ball taken at 81.3 overs
- Drinks: South Africa - 323/5 in 84.0 overs (D Elgar 170, M Jansen 38)
- M Jansen: 50 off 87 balls (7 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 169 balls (D Elgar 43, M Jansen 55, Ex 2)
- South Africa: 350 runs in 90.1 overs (550 balls), Extras 20
- Over 94.5: Review by South Africa (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - D Elgar (Struck down)
- Lunch: South Africa - 392/7 in 100.0 overs (M Jansen 72, K Rabada 1)
- South Africa: 400 runs in 102.5 overs (626 balls), Extras 24
- Innings Break: South Africa - 408/10 in 108.4 overs (M Jansen 84)
- India 2nd innings
- India: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 7
- Tea: India - 62/3 in 16.0 overs (V Kohli 18, SS Iyer 6)
- India: 100 runs in 27.3 overs (165 balls), Extras 7
- V Kohli: 50 off 61 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 31.5: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - Mohammed Siraj (Upheld)
- India docked 2 points for slow over rate
MATCH DETAILS
| SuperSport Park, Centurion | |
| Toss | South Africa, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2023/24 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 2520 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00 |
| Match days | 26,27,28 December 2023 - day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | South Africa 12, India -2 |
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