Fast bowler Mohammed Shami picked up a five-for while left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets in South Africa’s second innings to power India to a comprehensive 203-run victory in the opening Test of the three-match series.
Chasing an improbable 395 to win, the visitor𝔉s were all out for 191 in the second session after resuming on 11 for one on🤡 the final day in Visakhapatnam.
After Rohit Sharma registered twin tons in his first game as a Test opener to set up India’s push for victory, the hosts’ bowlers put in a clinical performance in the second innings.
Shami snuffed out the Proteas’ hopes of salvaging a draw with his early strikes and returned later to complete his fifth Test five-wicket haul.
Jadeja picked up 4-8🧜7, inclu🐬ding three in one over, to help India grab 40 points more in the ICC World Test Championship.
Tailender Dane Piedt and debutant all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy showed the grit and determination that was missing from the South African top and middle-order batsmen, adding together a ninth-wicket stand of 91 to delay India’s victory.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Special win in Vizag. 🇮🇳
On to the next one now! 💪— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
Congratulation🐈s𝓡 to for going up 1-0 in the series. Well played!
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Tea🔜m India’s dominance at🍨 home continues!Big knock for & came as double trouble for SA.Then & ‘s unplayable combination along with has gotten us to the start we wanted! Let’s hope for a clean sweep in the series!
— Saiyami Kher (@SaiyamiKher)
What a game this was for India, batsmen scoꦚring in heaps and bowlers taking fifers! Congratulations on y💫our 5 wicket haul💥
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8)
Not just spi🌄n, India c𒀰an win with pace too at home. 👍👏👏👏
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
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Excellent win. 5th day second session. Near perfect Test match. South Afric⛄a will wonder what happened in the first session today. and special match for all of them.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
S🅰trong performance from Very strong .. Cong✅ratulations!!! 👏👏
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69)
Top class performance by team India at Vizag. and were 🌸special. bhai took the opening in tests like he has done in limited overs 🤘🌳
— Siddharthh Kaul (@iamsidkaul)
A five-for on the fifth day of the Test match in India. Sensational Shami….
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
What an amazing spell
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
India deserved that win. Proteas have some thinking to do. They must combine skill, combinations (good selections) and determination (mental resolve) if they are to bounce back…
— Alviro Petersen (@AlviroPetersen)
Well done for 💙your brilliant spell.. 5 wicket hauls.. brilliant 💪.. india ꧑won the first test congratulations
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Rare & Special ability to bowl w♏icket taking balls 𒅌consistently #
— Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar)
Superb bowling by . Where spinners were expected to dominate on the last day, he’s bagged 5 wickets. Some other sterling Indian performances too, Agarwal scoring🌺 double ton, spin twins Ashwin and Jadeja brilliant in tandem. But MoM surely for his 2 tons
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
2013 vs WI Rohit made debut and scored 177 in the first innings. Shami took five wicket haul in the second innings &♕; India won.
2019 vs SA Rohit made opening debut and scored 176 in the first inninܫgs. Shami took five wicket haul in the second innings & India won.
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)
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Largest wins for India after opposition🐽 scoring 400-plus in their first inns:
Inns & 75 runs v Eng, Chennai, 2016
Inns & 52 runs v Pak, Multan, 2004
Inns & 36 runs v Eng, Mumbai, 2016
203 runs v SA, Vizag, 20193 of the top-4 have been achieved by 'this' team under Virat Kohli!
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Four "bowled" wickets by an India♚n pacer in an innings:
Jasprit Bumrah vs Bangladesh, CWC19 (ODI)
Jasprit Bumrah vs West Indies, 2019 (Test)
MOHAMMED SHAMI vs South Africa, 2019 (Test)— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
