India vs South Africa 1st Test at Visakhapatnam, 02 Oct, 2019

Toss: India, who chose to bat
India 502/7 (136)  &  323/4 (67)
South Africa 431/10 (131.2)  &  191/10 (63.5)
India won by 203 runs
Man of the Match: Rohit Sharma
  • Senuran Muthusamy 49 * (108)

Over 59.2 Mohammed Shami bowls full toss to Kagiso Rabada, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 59.3 Mohammed Shami bowls good length delivery to Kagiso Rabada, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.No runs

Over 59.4 Mohammed Shami bowls good length delivery to Kagiso Rabada, goes back and across and punches it straight to pointNo runs

Over 59.5 Mohammed Shami bowls good length delivery to Kagiso Rabada, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.One leg bye

Over 60.1Ravindra Jadeja bowls dragged way too short, that's a long hop to Kagiso Rabada, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 60.2Ravindra Jadeja bowls full toss to Kagiso Rabada, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 60.3Ravindra Jadeja bowls dragged way too short, that's a long hop to Kagiso Rabada, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.No runs

Over 60.4Ravindra Jadeja bowls quicker and flatter in the air to Kagiso Rabada, goes back and across and punches it straight to pointBoundary!

Over 60.5Ravindra Jadeja bowls full toss to Kagiso Rabada, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.No runs

Over 60.6Ravindra Jadeja bowls flighted delivery to Kagiso Rabada, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.Sixer!

Over 61.4 Mohammed Shami bowls pitched up delivery to Kagiso Rabada, flicks it off his pads towards the backward squareleg regionNo runs

Over 61.5 Mohammed Shami bowls good length delivery to Kagiso Rabada, gets beaten on the frontfoot by that good delivery.No runs

Over 61.6 Mohammed Shami bowls good length delivery to Kagiso Rabada, gets forward and defends it towards point.No runs

Over 62.5Ravindra Jadeja bowls flighted delivery to Kagiso Rabada, gets beaten on the frontfoot by that good delivery.No runs

Over 62.6Ravindra Jadeja bowls short of length delivery to Kagiso Rabada, goes back and cuts it away past covers.Boundary!

Over 63.2  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Kagiso Rabada, no run, stays on the front foot and blunted wide of mid-off.

Over 63.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to Kagiso Rabada, no run,  gets clears the front leg for a leg-side slog, keeping Muthusamy on tenterhooks on 49.

Over 63.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Kagiso Rabada, no run, gets forward and looks to play inside the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 63.5  Mohammed Shami tossed up delivery to Kagiso Rabada, out Caught by Saha!! Rabada comes on to the front foot and went for a drive away from the body, the ball takes the outside edge and simple catch to Saha behind the stumps.

India won by 203 runs and lead the series with 1-0

Virat Kohli: The wicket played really good for the first three days. We lost a session. When you put 500 on the board, you're always ahead. Even with the fight they showed, we still had a lead. Rohit was outstanding. Mayank brilliant. It was a hard grind because of the conditions, especially the weather conditions. And the pitch slowed down too. It's all about the attitude. If fast bowlers are going to think that spinners are going to do all the work, then it doesn't justify their place. They ask for shorter spells so they can give 100%. That's when you see guys like Shami, Ishant, Jasprit, and Umesh as well doing well. It's all about wanting to make a play for the team even in conditions that are difficult. Jaddu and Ash again, really good. The pitch was flat, they got a few boundaries away. Always knew it was going to be a second innings pitch. Shami has been a strike bowler in the second innings. All the guys lived up to their strengths. Batting heroes were obvious. But bowlers had it tougher in this game. This lot of SG balls are much better than the last one. If it softens up, there's literally nothing happening after 40-45 overs. We will still like it to be harder till about 60 overs.
Faf du Plessis: Great start to the game with the bat. Obviously India batted well, two great knocks by Mayank and Rohit. We fought well in our first innings with the bat... To get that sort of a total in the second innings of a game in India is tough. I though up until this morning, we competed pretty well. If you are always through a game like that you can think of the what-ifs. The seamers were mostly doing a holding job in this game. On a Day 5 pitch things happen quicker. It should be like that. We got to move on from this and get ready for the next Test

Rohit Sharma is the Man of the Match