Best performances - Batsmen
KL Rahul
123(260) 17x4 - 1x6
Control %86%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 31 runs
- 4x4 - 0x6
D Elgar
77(156) 12x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 37 runs
- 5x4 - 0x6
26/12Result
1st Test, India tour of South Africa at Centurion, Dec 26-30 2021
-
![India]( "India")
327 & 174 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
197 & 191 (68 ov)
Player of the Match
26/12Result
1st Test, India tour of South Africa at Centurion, Dec 26-30 2021
-
![India]( "India")
327 & 174 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
197 & 191 (68 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
L Ngidi
- O24
- M5
- R71
- W6
- Eco2.95
| 1W | 2W | |||
| 2W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Mohammed Shami
- O16
- M5
- R44
- W5
- Eco2.75
| 1W | ||||
| 2W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 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 NewsKL Rahul, Lungi Ngidi rise in ICC rankings after Centurion face-off
Shami, Bavuma, Bumrah, Agarwal and Elgar also move up in the latest update
India docked one WTC point for over-rate offence in Centurion Test
Team also fined 20% of match fee for the offence
Stats - Quinton de Kock has been one of South Africa's - and the game's - finest wicketkeeper-batters
With the bat and behind the stumps, the South African put up some outstanding numbers
Two kinds of Jasprit Bumrah magic
One was an intended bit of magic, while the other was a reward from the cricketing gods
Joy of defensive game key to KL Rahul's Centurion success
Since being dropped from the Indian Test side after a poor run, the opener has stormed back to form
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