Best performances - Batsmen
MA Agarwal
215(371) 23x4 - 6x6
Control %90%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 41 runs
- 6x4 - 1x6
RG Sharma
176(244) 23x4 - 6x6
Control %90%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 36 runs
- 1x4 - 4x6
02/10Result
1st Test, ICC World Test Championship at Visakhapatnam, Oct 2-6 2019
-
![India]( "India")
502/7d & 323/4d -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
431 & 191 (63.5 ov)
Player of the Match
02/10Result
1st Test, ICC World Test Championship at Visakhapatnam, Oct 2-6 2019
-
![India]( "India")
502/7d & 323/4d -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
431 & 191 (63.5 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
R Ashwin
- O46.2
- M11
- R145
- W7
- Eco3.12
| 1W | 4W | |||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 2W | ||||
Mohammed Shami
- O10.5
- M2
- R35
- W5
- Eco3.23
| 2W | 1W | |||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | 1W | |||
Partnerships
- IND - 1st
- SA - 1st
- IND - 2nd
- SA - 2nd
India - 1st - Innings
South Africa - 1st - Innings
India - 2nd - Innings
South Africa - 2nd - Innings
Match Coverage
All Match News'Proud' Faf du Plessis backs South Africa to build from 2015's 'tough lessons'
For a team that has lost a Test by a margin of more than 200 runs, South Africa were unusually pleased with their performance in Visakhapatnam
'Shami a strike bowler for us in the second innings consistently' - Kohli
The India captain praised his pace bowlers for their attitude on unhelpful home pitches
Shami hits his stride to bust subcontinent stereotypes
Rather than bowling full and attacking the stumps, he gets batsmen bowled when they're rooted to the crease
Stats - Mohammed Shami, the second-innings specialist
Also, Ashwin joins Muralitharan as the fastest to 350 Test wickets, and a new record for most sixes in a match
Live Report - India v South Africa, 1st Test
ESPNcricinfo's live updates and analysis on the first India v South Africa Test, in Visakhapatnam
