The test series of India against South Africa is keeping the cricket lovers on the edge of their seats.
Today, it’s the first day of the third test match between India vs South Africa
India won the toss and chose to bat against South Africa.
Pujara outshined in the batting line
Cheteshwar Pujara took hold of the team as the third batsman. He added a steady score of 43 out of 77 balls. He pulled off 7 boundaries in his score of 43 runs.
He then made the long walk to the pavilion as Marco Jansen took his wicket with a length ball around the fourth stump line.
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India is the overwhelming favorite to win this game after a string of wins recently. You can easily place a live Online Cricket Bet as the game unfolds. It goes without saying that cricket is a fascinating game and cricket lovers get to bet on various facets like runs scored in a particular over, runs scored by a batsman or wickets taken in an innings by a bowler.
South African bowlers proved fatal to Indian batsman
Kannur Lokesh Rahul started the match with Mayank Agarwal but the partnership couldn’t last long. K.L Rahul scored just 12 runs from 35 balls before being taken a wicket by Duanne Oliver.
On the other end, Mayank Agarwal after scoring 15 runs out of 35 balls couldn’t defend the fastball from Kagiso Rabada and got a thick outside towards the second slip.
With losing their openers in a quick session and a string of dot balls, South African bowlers managed to build pressure for the Indian team.
Captain Virat Kohli comes in form after a long time
Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara took hold of the team after the two-star batsman came back to the pavilion.
With such unsteady circumstances, Kohli played slow and steady to not allow any more wickets.
Henceforth, Virat Kohli scored 39 runs from 132 balls but still managed to hit 5 boundaries and a six.
Ajinkya Rahane started fine with 2 boundaries in 12 balls but managed to put on just 9 runs on the scoreboard as Kagiso Rabada took his wicket.
Indian bowlers are no less compared to South African bowlers
Indian cricket team has also got brilliant bowlers in the team. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin are also skilled and experienced with bowling and have played well in the previous matches.