South Africa vs India 2nd Test at Centurion, 13 Jan, 2018

Toss: South Africa, who chose to bat
South Africa 335/10 (113.5)  &  256/10 (91.3)
India 307/10 (92.1)  &  151/10 (50.2)
South Africa won by 135 runs
Man of the Match: Lungi Ngidi
  • Ishant Sharma 4 * (10)

Over 19.1  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, comes forward a tad and blocks it off a half-cocked stance.

Over 19.2  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, comes on to the front foot and shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 19.3  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets across the line on the back foot and clips it towards mid on.

Over 19.4  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, comes back-and-across and into a front-on stance to block that late under his eyes. Solid in defence. 

Over 19.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a back of length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets waits for it and blocks it right under his eyes. 

Over 19.6  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets inside the line and pushes it to cover from the crease. He's waiting for the ball inside the crease.

Over 21.1  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and  punches it off the toe-end of the bat to mid-off

Over 21.2  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs,  stays on the front-on stance and tries to drive it towards mid-on. 

Over 21.3  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, goes on to the back foot and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 21.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a back of length delivery to AB de Villiers, 1 run, stays on his leg-stump guard and whips it towards mid-wicket for a single.

Over 21.5  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs,  shuffles across towards off to defend it off the back foot.

Over 21.6  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, defends it from the crease after his shuffle-across trigger movement to cover the line

Over 22.1 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets forward and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 22.2 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, shuffles into line and picks the wrong shot. A sweep. Appeal, but impact was outside off.

Over 22.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to AB de Villiers, 1 run, gets forward and tucked to backward square leg for a single

Over 22.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets forward and steers it towards point with an open face

Over 22.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, plants his foot forward and dead-bats

Over 22.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, stretches fully forward to clip it to short mid-wicket

Over 23.1  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets cover the line on the front foot and keep it down the pitch.

Over 23.2  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, comes into a half-cocked stance and punches it back to the bowler

Over 23.3  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, stays inside the crease and punches it straight to the man at cover.

Over 23.4  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets across the line on the back foot and glances it down to short fine leg.

Over 23.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a back of length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, gets waits for it and defends it from the crease

Rain stops play - South Africa lead by 96 runs

Over 23.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, 1 run, gets forward and clipped to mid-wicket for a single

Over 25.1  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, 1 run, stands his ground and gets over it to dab it down to deep backward point for a single

Over 25.2  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to Dean Elgar, 1 run, gets forward and steers it away with a vertical bat towards deep backward point.

Over 25.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a back of length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, goes on to the back foot and cuts it straight to the man at backward point.

Over 25.4  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, Boundary! Stays in the crease to simply tap it on the head. Away she went to the sweeper cover fence for four. 

Over 25.5  Mohammed Shami good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, comes forward and defends compactly without any bat-pad gap, gets an inside-edge onto the pad.

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