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In a historic turn of events, India levelled the two-match Test series against South Africa in the 2023-24ℱ cricket tour, securing a notable victory in the matc💎h held at Cape Town.
The first session on Day 2 concluded with India requiring ꦜ79 runs for victory to level the Test series. The session witnessed a flurry of action as seven wickets tumbled, leading to South Africa being dismissed for 176 runs in their second innings.
Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah fin🌄ished with figures of 6/61, guiding India to a historic win.
Brief scores:
South Africa 55 (Mohammed Siraj 6-15) and 176 (Aiden Markram 106, Jasprit Bumrah 6/61) lost to India 153 (Virat Kohli 46, Rohit Sharma 39, Shubman Gill 36; Lungi Ngidi 3-30, Kagiso Rabada 3-38 Nandre Burger 3-42) and 80-3 by 7 wickets.
Also READ: Twitter reactions – Aiden Markram smashes a fighting century after Jasprit Bumrah’s onslaught against South Africa on Day 2 of the Cape Town Test
Netizens erupted in ൩excitement and celebration as India became the first Asian side to triumph in a Test match at the prestigious Newlands.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Always a delight to see Jasprit Bumrah take advantage of co🎃nditions and show his leadershipꦅ as a generational bowler.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
And with this, has levelled the Test Series 𝟏-🐻𝟏 🙌
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Jasprit Bumrah 🔥
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
1-1 then. India showed their skill on a pitch that seemed too spicy. It is a fantastic comeback but the t🍃eam will know that this was an opportunity to win a series in South Africa for the first time. A third test would have been nice but I understand the predicament that SA are…
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Virat Kohli c🍎ongratulated Aiden Markram on scoring an exceptional century.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Boom-bastic Spell 🔥
Third 6️⃣-fer in Tests for Bumrah 🙌
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
Jasprit Bumrah. The Greatest there was, The greatest there ❀is, The greatest there will ever be 🐐
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan)
Capt🌳ain Rohit Sharma & Jasprit Bumrah. This duo is an emotion of wo✅rld cricket.🐐
— 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝕏 (@ImHydro45)
Two Indian pacers taki﷽ng 6-wk꧂t hauls in a Test match:
Bhuvneshwar (6) & Ishantꦆ (7) v E🍷ng, Lord’s 2014
Siraj (6) & Bumrah (6) v SA, Cape Town 2024
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Boooom booooom bumrrraahhhhhhhh 💙
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar)
Most Test Fifers for India in SENA
7 – Kapil Dev
6 – Jasprit Bumrah *
6 – B Chandrasekhar
6 – Zaheer Khan— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)
Shortest♏ completed Test matches (by balls bowled):
642 – SA vs IND, Cape Town, 2024
656 – AUS vs SA, Melbourne, 1932
672 – WI vs ENG, Bridgetown, 1935— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
6 tera, 6 mera. 🔥🇮🇳
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
Total five-fers in INTL cricket – 11
Total five-fers away from home – 10𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢 𝐣𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐨𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐢 😎
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
