The last match of the 2 test match series between India and South Africa is being played in Cape Town. Actually, a strange scene was seen on the first day of the Cape Town Test. Actually, the last 6 batsmen of the Indian team could not score even 1 run. For the first time in the history of almost 150 years of Test cricket, this happened when 6 batsmen together could not add even 1 run. Besides, South Africa also made the record of taking 6 wickets without giving any runs.
Had this ever happened before in history?
Exactly similar scene was seen about 58 years ago. The test between Pakistan and New Zealand was being played in Rawalpindi. At one time in this test, New Zealand’s score was 58 runs for 3 wickets, till 59 runs, 9 batsmen went to the pavilion. In this way 6 batsmen could score only 1 run. Whereas against South Africa in 2012, 5 New Zealand batsmen could not score even 1 run. New Zealand’s score was 133 runs for 2 wickets, but after that it became 7 wickets for 133 runs.
Indian team tightened its grip on the match on the first day…
However, if we talk about India-South Africa Test, till the end of the first day’s play, the host team’s score is 62 runs for 3 wickets. At present, the Indian team is ahead by 36 runs on the basis of first innings. South Africa had scored only 55 runs in the first innings. In response to which the Indian team scored 153 runs. In this way the Indian team led by Rohit Sharma got a lead of 98 runs. Apart from Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Berger and Lungi Ngidi got 3 successes each for South Africa. For India, Mohammad Siraj took 6 wickets in the first innings of South Africa.