India vs South Africa 2nd Test at Johannesburg, 03 Jan, 2022

Toss: India, who chose to bat
India 202/10 (63.1)  &  266/10 (60.1)
South Africa 229/10 (79.4)  &  243/3 (67.4)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Dean Elgar
  • Temba Bavuma 23 * (45)
  • Dean Elgar 96 * (188)

Over 1.4: Boundary!. Mohammed Shami to Aiden Markram,

Over 7.1  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Keegan Petersen, Boundary! Gets forward and playing with soft hands though, let the ball come and then pushed forward in defence, skewed a thick edge wide of Rahane at gully and raced away to the boundary

Over 7.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to Keegan Petersen, Boundary! Gets a good stride forward, presents the full face of the bat as he drove straight of mid-on, runs away across the fast outfield

Over 12.2: Boundary!. Mohammed Siraj to Dean Elgar,

Over 28.2: Boundary!. Mohammed Siraj to Keegan Petersen,

Over 28.4: Boundary!. Mohammed Siraj to Keegan Petersen,

Over 29.4: Boundary!. Ravichandran Ashwin to Dean Elgar,

Over 31.2: Boundary!. Ravichandran Ashwin to Keegan Petersen,

Over 36.4: Boundary!. Shardul Thakur to Dean Elgar,

Over 37.3: Boundary!. Ravichandran Ashwin to Dean Elgar,

Over 39.1  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Keegan Petersen, Boundary! Gets forward and  looks to defend it, ends up getting an outside edge as the ball shapes away, and that races away to the third man boundary beating the fielder 

Over 39.2  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Keegan Petersen, Boundary! Gets forward and  flicked this through square leg with impeccable timing, back-to-back boundaries for the top order batter

Over 39.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a half volley to Keegan Petersen, Boundary! Leans forward and absolutely creamed it through cover with a glorious drive. 100 up for South Africa

Over 49.3: Boundary!. Mohammed Shami to Temba Bavuma,

Over 50.3: Boundary!. Shardul Thakur to Kyle Verreynne,

Over 50.4: Boundary!. Shardul Thakur to Kyle Verreynne,

Over 55.6: Boundary!. Mohammed Siraj to Temba Bavuma,

Over 60.4 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a pitched up delivery to Temba Bavuma, Boundary! Gets forward and presents the full face of the bat and drives it serenely back past the non-striker, no need to run for those

Over 62.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Temba Bavuma, Boundary! Gets onhis toes and cuts it backward of point for a boundary


Over 65.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a good length delivery to Temba Bavuma, Boundary! Playing a real gem here - good use of the feet, gets close to the ball and then places the on-drive wide of mid-on, runs away across the fast outfield

Over 66.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Marco Jansen, Boundary! Leans  into the drive and found the edge, only two slips though and this one rolls through the third man fence.

Over 68.3 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Keshav Maharaj, Boundary! Swivels across, rolled his wrists over and pulls it in front of square on the on-side for a boundary

Over 69.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Keshav Maharaj, Boundary! Gets transfers his weight onto the back-foot on the punch, wide of mid-off and Bumrah gives up on the chase

Over 70.3: Boundary!. Shardul Thakur to Marco Jansen,

Over 74.2 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Keshav Maharaj, Boundary! Rocks back in the crease and slaps it over mid-on as he connects it well this time. Easily clears the fielder and that's four more for Maharaj

Over 77.1: Boundary!. Jasprit Bumrah to Marco Jansen,

Over 77.4: Boundary!. Jasprit Bumrah to Marco Jansen,