South Africa faced heavy losses even with 10 players: Defeated India by an innings and 32 runs in the first test; elgar player of the match

India lost the Centurion Test by an innings and 32 runs on the third day. South Africa all out the team for 131 runs in the second innings. Virat Kohli scored a fifty, the rest of the batsmen could not do anything special. Nandre Berger got 4 wickets from South Africa.

On Tuesday, South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl at the SuperSport Park ground. India scored 245 runs in the first innings on the basis of KL Rahul's century. South Africa scored 408 runs in the first innings, Dean Elgar scored 185 runs. India was trailing by 163 runs but the team could score only 131 runs.

With the win in the first Test, South Africa has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. The second and last Test will be played in Cape Town from 3 January 2024. India has not been able to win the series in South Africa till date. With the defeat in the first Test, it was confirmed that Team India would return home without a series win on this tour too.

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South Africa fell short even with 10 players
Even with 10 players, South Africa overpowered Team India's 11 players. Team captain Temba Bavuma got injured while fielding in the 20th over of the first innings. He could not take the field again in the match. The team also scored 408 runs in the first innings at the loss of 9 wickets. Bavuma did not come to bat due to injury.

Not only this, the first innings of South Africa's 10 batsmen was also heavier than the two innings of 11-11 players of Team India. Because Team India could not cross the score of 408 runs made by South Africa in one innings even after playing 2 innings. The team could score only 245 runs in the first innings and 131 runs in the second innings.

Temba Bavuma got injured on the very first day of the test. He could not come on the field again in the entire match.

elgar player of the match
Dean Elgar, who scored 185 runs in the first innings for South Africa, was the player of the match. He is playing the last series of his career. Kagiso Rabada from the team took 5 wickets in the first innings and 2 wickets in the second innings.

Nandre Berger, playing his debut match, took 3 wickets in the first innings and 4 wickets in the second innings. Marco Janson also got 3 wickets in the second innings, while one batsman was run out.

Biggest defeat in South Africa
India suffered its biggest Test defeat in South Africa. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the team lost the first test by an innings and 32 runs. Earlier in 2010, under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the team had lost by an innings and 25 runs. Team India has lost by an innings margin only twice in South Africa.

Other records made in the match

Session-3: India all out, South Africa won by an innings
India started the third session with the score of 62/3. Shreyas Iyer 6, KL Rahul 4, Siraj 4 and Shardul Thakur were out after scoring just 2 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin, Prasidh Krishna and Jasprit Bumrah could not even open their account.

Virat Kohli remained at one end, scored his 30th Test fifty but could not save the team from innings defeat. Kohli scored 76 runs. In the session, Team India lost the last 7 wickets in scoring 69 runs. South Africa did not need to bat in the second innings.

Virat's 30th test fifty
India made a very bad start in its second innings, the openers returned to the pavilion at the score of 13 runs. After coming to the crease, Virat Kohli stayed till the end, he played an unbeaten inning of 76 runs on 82 balls. His innings included 12 fours and one six. Virat was out as the 10th batsman of India.

Burger took 2 wickets in 2 balls
KL Rahul, who scored a century in the first innings, was out after scoring 4 runs. He was caught in the slips by Nandre Berger. On the very next ball, Berger also sent Ravi Ashwin to the pavilion. Berger got both the successes in the 26th over. After the fall of 2 wickets, India could not even recover when Rabada got Shardul Thakur caught out.

Shreyas, Rahul and Ashwin out cheaply
Virat Kohli took over India's innings after losing 3 wickets for 52 runs. But in front of him, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Ravichandran Ashwin returned to the pavilion cheaply. Rahul and Ashwin were sent to the pavilion by Nandre Berger, while Shreyas was bowled by Janson.

The team lost 6 wickets on the score of 96 runs. Shreyas could score only 6 runs and Rahul could score only 4 runs. Ashwin could not even open an account.

Nandre Berger took the wickets of KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Session-2: South Africa dominated, India's top order flopped again
India all out South Africa in the beginning of the second session. The team lost 2 wickets in adding 16 runs but their score reached 408 runs. The team got a lead of 163 runs in the first innings.

India's second innings also had a very poor start. Captain Rohit Sharma (0), Yashasvi Jaiswal (5 runs) and Shubman Gill (26 runs) returned to the pavilion cheaply. The team lost the wickets of its top-3 batsmen at the score of 52 runs.

Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer remained not out from India till the end of the session. The team scored 62 runs after losing 3 wickets in 16 overs. Nandre Berger, Kagiso Rabada and Marco Yanson got 1 wicket each from South Africa.

Rohit and Yashasvi returned to the pavilion cheaply
Team India started its second innings in the second session. India trailed by 163 runs in the first innings. The team's start in the second innings was even worse. Captain Rohit Sharma was out without opening the account, he was bowled by Kagiso Rabada.

Yashasvi Jaiswal also could not do anything special, he was caught behind on the ball of Nandre Berger after scoring 5 runs. The team had lost the wickets of the openers at the score of 13 runs.

Elgar out after scoring 185 runs, Bumrah took 4 wickets
South Africa scored 408 runs in the first innings, giving them a lead of 163 runs. Dean Elgar missed scoring a double century, he was out after scoring 185 runs. Marco Yanson scored 84 and David Bedingham scored 56 runs. For India, Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets and Mohammad Siraj took 2 wickets.

South Africa all out in the second session
After dominating the first session, South Africa lost its last 2 wickets in the second session. Bumrah sent Rabada and Berger to the pavilion. Captain Temba Bavuma could not come to bat due to hamstring injury.

South Africa could score only 16 runs in the second session and was all out on the score of 408 runs. The team got a lead of 163 runs in the first innings. Marco Janson remained not out after scoring 84 runs.

Session-1: Elgar missed double century, South Africa ahead
The first session of the third day was entirely in the name of South Africa. Indian bowlers could not take advantage of the conditions despite taking the new ball. Marco Janson from South Africa scored a fifty and Dean Elgar was out after scoring 185 runs.

136 runs were scored in the session and only 2 wickets fell. Elgar was caught behind by Shardul Thakur. Whereas Gerald Cootzie became the victim of Ravi Ashwin after scoring 19 runs. Yanson remained not out with Kagiso Rabada after scoring 72 runs. South Africa increased its score from 256/5 to 392/7.

Elgar scored his 14th test century
Former South African captain Dean Elgar scored a century. He was caught behind after scoring 185 runs. He was caught by Shardul Thakur at the hands of wicketkeeper KL Rahul. Dean Elgar completed his 14th Test century off 140 balls.

Elgar made partnerships of 93 with Tony DeGeorge, 131 with David Bedingham and 111 runs with Marco Janson. Elgar is playing the last series of his international career, he had announced his retirement even before the series.

Yanson's second half-century
Marco Janson, who came to bat at number 7 for South Africa, led the team's innings along with Dean Elgar on the third day. After getting set, both of them played shots freely on bad balls. Yanson completed the second fifty of his Test career on 87 balls. He made a partnership of 111 runs with Dean Elgar. Yanson remained not out even after scoring 84 runs.

Centuries from Elgar and Rahul on the second day
On the second day, India started playing with the score of 208/8. KL Rahul scored 101 runs and the team was all out after scoring 245 runs. Kagiso Rabada took 5 wickets. South Africa scored 256 runs for 5 wickets in the first innings and took a lead of 11 runs. Dean Elgar remained not out from the team after scoring 140 runs.

For South Africa, David Bedingham scored 56 and Tony De Georgi scored 28 runs. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj from India got 2 successes each. While Prasidh Krishna also got one wicket. Read the full news…

India lost 8 wickets on the first day
On the first day of the first Test, South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first. Even after taking 3 wickets for 24 runs, the team allowed India to score 208 runs by the end of the day's play. Kagiso Rabada took 5 wickets from South Africa. While Nandre Berger got 2 and Marco Jansson got one success.

KL Rahul from India remained not out after scoring 70 runs. Whereas Virat Kohli scored 38, Shreyas Iyer scored 31, Shardul Thakur scored 24 and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 17 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not even touch the score of 10 runs. Read the full news…

Playing-11 of both the teams
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Tony DeGeorge, Keegan Pietersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Varian (wk), Marco Yanson, Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee and Nandre Berger.