Thursday 25 January 2024

#INDvENG : 1st Test ENG 1-0

5 Test series started at Hyderabad:  

England turned the tables through debutant Heartly getting 7 wickets for 62 runs in second innings wrapped India 28 short of target. Earlier Ollie Pope set the stage with magnificent second innings EPIC knock of 196 : 











Day 4 : 



 














Ollie Pope made 196 .

Day 3 : 



















Day 2 : Team India dominated the day with 302 runs for 6 wickets: KL Rahul 86 and Ravindra Jadeja 81 not out lead the way .























A dominant show from India's batting unit 💪














Axar Patel 35* hit 4 6 4 in the final over .

India cross 400 / 7 with lead beyond 150.

Ashwin run out on 1 .

Bharat made good contribution of 41.

Team India lead crosses 100 in 86th over : Jadeja 58* n Bharat 33* : 346/5.







At Tea 309/5 : 

India 63 ahead.

Scoring 87 runs in 26 overs for 2 wickets. 

Jadeja batting nicely on 45 not out.










KL departed on 86.

At Lunch :

Shreyas Iyer departs on 35 .












India gets 102 in 1st session. 

Debutant Heartly gets Shubman Gill on 23.

Joe Root removes overnight dasher Yashasvi Jaiswal in first over of the morning on 80.

Day 1 : 

Ben Duckett admits England were surprised by the attacking intent of Jaiswal and Rohit at the start of India's innings 😳












India in a good position. 

Bazball ❌

Jaisball ✅















Yashsvi Jaiswal excellent: 76* ( 70 ) .

Attacked ruthlessly debutant Heartly starting with six off 1st ball. 

Rohit c Stokes b Leach 24 .








England opted to bat first. 






Thursday 4 January 2024

#SAvIND : 1-1 : Shortest Test : 642 balls

India clinch the Cape Town THRILLER : 

𝘼 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙣! ⚡️ ⚡️

Indian bowlers especially pacers Bumrah, Siraj  and Mukesh capitalised on bouncy , bit unpredictable South African Wicket.

#TeamIndia beat South Africa by 7 wickets in the second #SAvIND Test to register their first Test win at Newlands, Cape Town. 👏 👏

India's first Test win in Cape Town comes in 1.5 days ⚡️

Series ends 1-1 .





 







T20I series - Drawn 🤝
ODI series - Won ✅
Test series - Drawn 🤝

India concluded a remarkable tour with a memorable win at the Newlands 👏

#RohitSharma #KLRahul #SuryakumarYadav

Dean gets a lovely sign off 🇿🇦 🇮🇳




Only the second time India leave South Africa with a shared Test 🏆

The previous one had come in 2010 under MS Dhoni





13.5  Overs = 61 Runs = 6 Wickets
How good was that bowling display from Jasprit Bumrah! 🙌 🙌





















Lunch on Day 2 

South Africa bowled out for 176 in the Second Innings. 
6 wickets for vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah
2 wickets for Mukesh Kumar
1 wicket each for Mohammed Siraj & Prasidh Krishna

Target 🎯 for #TeamIndia - 79 

Boom Boom Bumrah:

















Wednesday 3 January 2024

#SAvIND : Test 2: Day 1 : 23 Down

THRILLER at Cape Town : 

( 27 Wickets had failed on Day 1 in 1888 : England Vs Australia : just for the record. )













SA: Confident Markram is still there on 36* (50 ).

62/3 : Trail by 36 runs.






















 

49/3 : 49 Behind. 

Indian pacers keeping Indian hopes intact:No.23 claimed by Bumrah : 45/3 : SA Trail 53.


Boom Boom gets the third for India 💥

Tristan Stubbs managed to score just 1 run. 

🇿🇦: 45/3














Mukesh Kumar strikes again for wicket no.22 of the DAY 1. 42/2 : SA Trail by 56.

South Africa put up a better show in second innings. 1st to fall was Dean Elgar for the LAST time for SA : 37/1 : 10.2 Ov. : By Mukesh Kumar.

Still trail by 61 runs. 

Hosts came back very strongly post Tea through Ngidi and Rabada.

Morning belonged to Mohammed Siraj in 1stinnings of SouthAfrica: 















Dean Elgar walks into sunset : last walk back to the South African dressing room. 





















The first time six wickets have fallen on the same score in a Test innings 😱 

After WO W O W O by Ngidi it was Rabada over:









































Creation of forgettable: 

World Record by India at 153.

Courtesy: Ngidi and Rabada:


153 / 4  to 153 / 10 : 0 Run : 6 Wickets. 









At Tea : SA fighting back : 





























🚨 South Africa are bundled out for just 55 at Newlands 🚨

An unforgettable spell from Mohammed Siraj blew away the Proteas 👏


















The feeling of joy that comes after successfully executing a well-planned action 😅

Virat Kohli 🤝 Rohit Sharma











South Africa, elected to bat first: