South Africa vs India, 1st Test at Cape Town, SA v Ind 2018, Jan 05 2018 - Playing XI

RESULT

1st Test, Cape Town, January 05 - 08, 2018, South Africa v India 2018

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286 & 130

(T:208) 209 & 135

South Africa won by 72 runs

Player Of The Match

Vernon Philander

, SA

23, 3/33 & 6/42

	South Africa	India
1	Dean Elgar opening batter	Murali Vijay opening batter
2	Aiden Markram allrounder	Shikhar Dhawan opening batter
3	Hashim Amla top-order batter	Cheteshwar Pujara top-order batter
4	AB de Villiers wicketkeeper batter	Virat Kohli (c) top-order batter
5	Faf du Plessis (c) middle-order batter	Rohit Sharma top-order batter
6	Quinton de Kock † wicketkeeper batter	Ravichandran Ashwin bowling allrounder
7	Vernon Philander allrounder	Hardik Pandya allrounder
8	Keshav Maharaj bowler	Wriddhiman Saha † wicketkeeper batter
9	Kagiso Rabada bowler	Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowler
10	Dale Steyn bowler	Mohammed Shami bowler
11	Morne Morkel bowler	Jasprit Bumrah bowler
Bench
12	Temba Bavuma middle-order batter	-
13	Theunis de Bruyn middle-order batter	-
14	Chris Morris bowling allrounder	-
15	Andile Phehlukwayo bowling allrounder	-

Match Coverage

India's batsmen need to develop South African instincts

They've not had much time to adjust yet, but they need to swap their Indian mindsets for local ones

India's batsmen need to develop South African instincts

Big Vern reels in the big fish

Over the course of 13 balls delivered from his favourite Wynberg End, Vernon Philander set Virat Kohli up and sent him back with the most artful of knockout blows

Big Vern reels in the big fish

'A master of his craft'

Vernon Philander took the plaudits after a career-best effort gave South Africa the series lead in a low-scoring encounter at Newlands

'A master of his craft'

India should rue fatal first day

It's easy to fall for recency bias and blame a fourth-innings collapse for losing a winnable contest, but India know their bowlers and batsmen really let the Newlands Test slip in the first innings

India should rue fatal first day

Rohit, Dhawan and the limits of 'current form'

Runs against Sri Lanka earned Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan their places in India's XI for Cape Town, ahead of Ajinkya Rahane and KL Rahul respectively, but neither justified his selection

Rohit, Dhawan and the limits of 'current form'

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Videos

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'I wanted to make a difference in this game' - Philander

'I wanted to make a difference in this game' - Philander

#PoliteEnquiries - A 3-0 whitewash in the making?

#PoliteEnquiries - A 3-0 whitewash in the making?

Cullinan: Rain pushes out potentiality of an India win

Cullinan: Rain pushes out potentiality of an India win