South African players celebrate the dismissal of India's Virat Kohli (left) on the third day of the first cricket Test match between South Africa and India at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on December 28, 2023. Tachi. India's Virat Kohli (left) on the third day of the first Test cricket match between South Africa and India at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on December 28, 2023. AFP
fast bowler Nandre Berger took 4 for 33 as South Africa defeated India in just an hour. Against the Centurions on Thursday, he batted .131 in two innings and won the first Test with one innings and 32 runs.
Virat Kohli was the only batsman to test the home attack on the third day and topped the list with 76 runs before becoming the final batsman.
Dean Elgar (185) and Marco Jansen (84 not out) led South Africa to a first innings run of 408, by which time they had built a lead of 163 runs.
India were 62 for 3 at tea time, but were still 101 runs behind, with Indian captain Rohit Sharma (0 runs), fellow opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (5 runs), and Shubman Gill (26 runs). (score) all returned to the pavilion.
After the match restarted, the collapse began in earnest as Berger, who had already dismissed Jaiswal with his sharp lifters, defeated centurions KL Rahul, Ravi Ashwin and Mohammed Siraj in the first innings. That was when they were all caught behind the wicket.
India's Shubman Gill hits South Africa's Marco Jansen (not shown) on the third day of the first cricket test match between South Africa and India at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on December 28, 2023. Being bowled.
Shubman Gill of India is bowled by Marco Jansen of South Africa on the third day of the first cricket Test match between South Africa and India at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on December 28, 2023 (Video) (not shown). AFP
Jansen showed all-round value. The team won 3-36.
Kagiso Rabada, who took five wickets in the first innings, took a lead of 2 for 32 and removed Kohli for 76, including 12 fours and a six, with a sensational catch to seal the victory.
India's innings lasted just 34.1 overs and he will be looking for answers ahead of his second Test in Cape Town next week. South Africa's Kagiso Rabada celebrates after dismissing India's Rohit Sharma (centre) on the third day of the first cricket Test match between South Africa and India at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on December 28, 2023. (left). December 28, 2023. AFP
This loss means India will have to wait a little longer if they want to play a Test series in South Africa and win.
India are the only country yet to regularly play Tests without winning a series.