Player of the Match
Player of the Match

That brings us to the end of the presentation, and that is all we have for now. Good bye

Virat Kohli: "First Test as captain at home was a special occasion for me, it is a young team, building a strong team together. Seeing the way things have gone in the past month and half, the way we played here, a lot of credit has to go to the team. We thought if we are finding it difficult on this wicket, it is going to be difficult for them. As Hashim said, there were soft dismissals, I don't think there were any demons in the wicket, the ball did not turn square at any stage, batsmen had to apply themselves, it was a bowler's game. You need mental strength at this level. (Vijay and Pujara) are two of the most solid guys we have. Had we applied more, we could have given them a bigger target.

"I am happy for him (Jadeja), he went back, got lot of wickets in Ranji Trophy, scored runs as well, he is feeling good mentally now, people with all-round ability are hard to find, it is just a matter of him keeping his mental strength, and he can be an asset for India in the future."

Hashim Amla: "200 was a chaseable total, probably 150 would have been more realistic, 150-160 would have been a fair challenge on a deteriorating wicket. There were some soft dismissals, we were in the game till we lost four or five and put pressure on the lower guys, Stiaan showed you could gets runs if you hung in there. To get India for 200 was an excellent effort from our bowlers, we kept ourselves in the game till the last session, credit to India for bowling us out."

Ravindra Jadeja is the Man of the Match. Made a crucial 38 in the first innings to go with his eight wickets. Jadeja: "We played on turning tracks at Rajkot (in Ranji) so I had confidence about my bowling, I worked hard this season, I was bowling in the nets for hours, this was my comeback game I was looking to play positive, I scored three fifties in domestic as well, it has been a pressure game for me, I was trying to prove myself again, so I am really happy."

M Vijay says that till lunch on day one, it was a good pitch to bat on, but later it became slower and tougher to score runs.

Virat Kohli's exit this morning brought an Indian collapse of 8 for 39 but South Africa have lasted less than 40 overs in the chase to still go down by more than a 100 runs. All but one of the 20 South African wickets falling to the spinners. Eight each for Ashwin and Jadeja, Mishra limited to three, but two of those were AB de Villiers, bowled in each innings. The match was all but over when de Villiers and Amla departed within the first ten overs. A result in just over eight-and-a-half sessions will tell you this was some spiteful turner. It was... in the batsmen's minds. It was not easy to bat on, of course, the lack of pace making it difficult to time the ball, but by no means an unplayable surface.

39.5
W
Jadeja to Imran Tahir, OUT, Jadeja seals the win with his fifth, goes full, and hits the boot in front of off before Tahir's bat can do anything about it

Imran Tahir lbw b Jadeja 4 (4m 5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 80.00

39.4
0
Jadeja to Imran Tahir, no run,
39.3
0
Jadeja to Imran Tahir, no run, Tahir tries to scoop this fine from around off, he is struck on the pad, just outside the line of off, and umpire Kettleborough rightly says no
39.2
4
Jadeja to Imran Tahir, FOUR, slogged to the deep midwicket boundary
39.1
0
Jadeja to Imran Tahir, no run, tossed up yorker from Jadeja now, Tahir survives as he jams it away, Jadeja appeals for some reason

END OF OVER:
39 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 105/9

  • Kagiso Rabada1 (12b)
  • Imran Tahir0 (0b)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin14-5-39-3
  • Ravindra Jadeja11-4-17-4
38.6
0
Ashwin to Rabada, no run,
38.5
0
Ashwin to Rabada, no run, pitches outside leg stump and spins across the left hander as he tries to punch it
38.4
0
Ashwin to Rabada, no run, flighted on middle and off, defended past silly point
38.3
0
Ashwin to Rabada, no run, gathers himself, comes forward and defends down the track

Tahir the last man in

38.2
W
Ashwin to Steyn, OUT, Steyn departs, takes a tossed up ball from well outside off, and has a slog, the ball stays up for quite a while but Vijay has it covered as he comes in from long on

DW Steyn c Vijay b Ashwin 2 (13m 9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 22.22

38.1
0
Ashwin to Steyn, no run, pitched up on the pads, pushed past short leg

END OF OVER:
38 | 3 Runs | SA: 105/8

  • Kagiso Rabada1 (8b)
  • Dale Steyn2 (7b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja11-4-17-4
  • Ravichandran Ashwin13-4-39-2
37.6
0
Jadeja to Rabada, no run, this time he is able to lean forward and get behind the line to block
37.5
0
Jadeja to Rabada, no run, turns and bounces and hits Rabada as he tries to defend
37.4
1
Jadeja to Steyn, 1 run, overpitched ball driven to long off for one
37.3
1
Jadeja to Rabada, 1 run, worked with the spin, in the air, just past a diving short midwicket

South Africa tour of India 2015-16 News

Simple and short

3

No. of days the last 4 Test matches in India required to produce a result - vs WI, Mumbai, vs WI, Kolkata and vs Aus, Delhi (all those 3 in 2013) including this.

Victories with small totals

2

No. of Tests India have won after getting all out for 201 or less in both innings of a match. The first was vs WI, Kingston, 2006.

A quick 50

13

No. of Tests taken by Jadeja to get to 50 Test wickets - the joint fastest India left-arm spinner with Pragyan Ojha and joint 8th fastest left-arm spinner overall

Failed opening stands

26

Sum of the 4 opening p'ship stands in this Test. The lowest in Tests in India is 25 - Ind v NZ, Brabourne, 1964-65 and Ind v Eng, Wankhede, 1981-82

Spinners all the way

15

No. of wkts SA spinners took in this match. Only once have their spinners took more - 16 wkts vs Aus, MCG, 1952-53

The cookie crumbles

24/6

India's score in the second hour before lunch. In the first hour they had made 36/0.

derailing

3/4

India's score in four overs after drinks. In the first hour they had made 36 without the loss of a single wicket.

A different five-for

5

Wickets taken by South Africa's openers in this Test. Elgar took four in India's 1st inns and Van Zyl got Kohli out in the 2nd.

bat second Kohli

21.80

Kohli's ave in 3rd inns of Tests - his worst among four inns. He averages 25.45 when India bat 1st and 67.37 when they bat 2nd.

No Greenhorns

40+

Batting average of each of the top 5 Indian batsmen in Tests lies between 40 and 50.

Opening disaster

3

Average opening partnership for India in the last six Test innings; stands of 9, 0, 0, 2, 3, 4.

Not so long ago

0 & 0

A pair for Dhawan in this Test. At this same venue he scored 187 on his Test debut.