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On Day 2 of the second Test in Cape Town’s Newlands Cricket Stadium, Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah took control of the proceedings with a fiery spell in the first session. While Bumrah registered a six-wicket hall, Aiden Markram responded with a counter-attacking century, leading the lone battle for his side, South Africa.
Inspiring Jasprit Bumrah leads India’s charge with remarkable bowling
At the commencement of play on day two, The Proteas were trailing by 36 runs with just three wickets down. On the other hand India needed an inspirational spell from the bowlers to gain an advantage. Bumrah rose to the ꧋challenge, producing yet another inspirational performance for his side in his illustrious Test career.
Bumrah initiated his impact by dismissing David Bedingham in the first over of the day. Kyle Verreynne fell to a false shot, caught at mid-on, and Marco Jansen hit one straight back at Bumrah. The star pacer completed his fifer by getting Keshav Maharaj caught at the slip cordon.
Aiden Markram’s resilient century amidst South Africa’s struggles
A missed catch by KL Rahul deprived Bumrah of a potential six-wicket haul at that time, and Markram went on to achieve a sensational century. Despite the challenging pitch for the batters, Markram displayed resilience. In the opening session of the second day’s play, he reached the century milestone off 99 balls. Celebrating the achievement, Markram hit a boundary through point off the last ball of the 30th over by Bumrah, raising his arms in delight.
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India’s strong position as they look to level the series
Eventually, Markram got out to Mohammed Siraj after scoring 106 runs off 103 balls, featuring 17 fours and two sixes. His attempt to slog the Indian pacer resulted in a skied shot, comfortably caught by Rohit Sharma. After Markram’s dismissal, India efficiently picked up the remaining wickets that also includes Bumrah’s sixth wicket, bundling out the hosts for 176. Now, India needs 79 runs to level the se﷽ries after losing the first match in Centurion.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Boooom booooom bumrrraahhhhhhhh 💙
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar)
SENApati 🌼ki Jai Ho! Well bowl♏ed congratulations on yet another fifer 👊🏽
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Bumrah wasn’t gonna stay behind ༒in his wicket tally. Leౠader of pack for a reason. Brilliant 5fier.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Fifer for Bumrah , Great contro⛦l of the ball by Boom Boom .
Bu🎐mrah has bowled Beautifully , more frustration for Southafrica.
— Balaji Iyengar (@imbalaji007)
On a difficult batting pitch 𓆏that is a brilliant century by Aid💖en Markram 🙌🔥🇿🇦🏏 💯
— Gills (@gpricey23)
That is a hundred that beats any of Markram's centuries to date. What a brave, disciplined, and, later, brutal innings. Nice touch to honour Elgar in his celebration. He is immensely gifted.
— Ryan Vrede (@Ryan_Vrede)
Brilliant 100 by Aiden Mar💮kram of 99 balls!! A special knock under a the circumstances.
— Nqaba N@M (@ProfessorRugby)
Aiden Markram absol🍌utely standing ꧂up when all the chips are down. And teeing off wowza 👏🏼
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
What a 100 by markram 👏�� his best one y🍃et without ܫa doubt.
— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru)
As much as I rated Rahul’s 100 and then another 100 by dean in centurion , this 100 from markram is simply the best. Century out of SA 158 total with no support from the other end. Sublime class. Carry on Sauce𝓀y 🔥
— Prasanna (@prasannalara)
Aiden Markram top-scored for the Proteas side
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Lunch on Day 2!
South Africa are all out 𒀰for 176 runs in 2nd innings. need 79 runs to win the 2nd Test.
Jasprit Bumrah picks up six wickets.
Scorecard –
— BCCI (@BCCI)
