South Africa vs India 1st Test at Cape Town, 05 Jan, 2018

Toss: South Africa, who chose to bat
South Africa 286/10 (73.1)  &  129/10 (41.2)
India 209/10 (73.4)  &  135/10 (42.4)
South Africa won by 72 runs
Man of the Match: Vernon Philander
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar 13 * (41)

Over 21.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and drives it to mid on with full face of the bat.

Over 21.5  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and tries to push, it hits the bat hard and rolls away to the off-side.

Over 21.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a back of length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, stays back in the crease and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 22.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets back in the crease and defends it towards point.

Over 22.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, stays on the front foot and blocks it towards mid on.

Over 22.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets behind the line on the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 24.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and guides it away to gully with open face bat.

Over 24.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 24.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to AB de Villiers, 1 run, gets across the line on the back foot and flicks it through mid wicket and picks up a single.

Over 24.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and whips it beautifully through mid wicket and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 26.1 Jasprit Bumrah good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, goes on to the back foot and punches it towards cover.

Over 26.2 Jasprit Bumrah good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 26.3 Jasprit Bumrah good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets back in the crease and looks to play inside the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 26.4 Jasprit Bumrah bowls it short of length to AB de Villiers, 1 run, stands tall and cuts hard, but there's Vijay at sweeper so just a single.

Over 27.1  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 27.2  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets late on the forward block, gets the inside edge that hits the boot and rolls away

Over 27.3  Mohammed Shami bowls it short of length to AB de Villiers, Six!! Backs away in the crease and cuts it high and handsome over third man and the ball went all the way in to the stands.

Over 27.4  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 27.5  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, 1 run, gets forward and nudges in front of mid-on. Easy run.

Over 28.1 Jasprit Bumrah good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and let it go outside off through to the keeper.

Over 28.2 Jasprit Bumrah good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and defends it towards point with an open face bat.

Over 28.3 Jasprit Bumrah bowls it short of length to AB de Villiers, 1 run, gets on top of the bounce and cuts it pass point and picks up another single.

Over 29.1 Hardik Pandya good length delivery to AB de Villiers, 1 run, gets forward and dabs it away on the off side and picks up a quick single.

Over 30.1 Jasprit Bumrah good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, comes on to the front foot and blocks it towards cover region.

Over 30.2 Jasprit Bumrah bowls it short of length to AB de Villiers, 1 run, gets back in the crease and cuts it down to third man and picks up an easy single.

Over 31.1  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it to cover.

Over 31.2  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and punches it straight to the man at mid off.

Over 31.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, 2 runs, gets across the line on the back foot and clips it down to fine leg and picks up couple of runs.

Over 31.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, leans forward and driven straight to the man at mid off.

Over 31.5  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and watches it along go through to the keeper.

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