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 3♏95 to win, the visitors were all out for 191 in the second session after resuming on 11 for one on the final day in Visakhapatnಞam.
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 4-87, including three in one over, to h𓃲elp I✅ndia 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)
Congratulations to for going u🅺p 1-0 in the series. Well played!
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Team 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 In𝄹dia, batsmen scoring in heaps and bowlers taking fifers! 🧸Congratulations on your 5 wicket haul��
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8)
Not just spin🐓, India can win𒀰 with pace too at home. 👍👏👏👏
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
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Excelle꧂nt win. 5th day second session. Near perfect Test match. South Africa will wonder what happened in the first session today. and special match for all of them.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
S🧔trong performanc♈e from Very strong .. Congratulations!!! 👏👏
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69)
Top class performance by team India at Viz✨ag. 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 won the first test congratulatiꦫons
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Rare &🌱amp; Special ability to bowl wicket t🗹aking balls consistently #
— 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 ta♒ndem. 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 h꧟aul in the second innings & India won.
2019 vs SA Rohit made opening debut and scored 176 in the first innings. Shami toꦛok five wicket haul in the second innings & India won.
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)
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Largest wins for ꦅIndia 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 Indian pace📖r 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)
