Newlands, Cave Town!
Updated On: 04 January, 2024 07:05 AM IST | Cape Town | R Kaushik
As many as twenty-three wickets fall on opening day of second and final Test as batting orders of both teams sink; brilliant India bowlers led by Siraj (6-15) gun down SA for just 55 in first innings
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India’s Mohammed Siraj (left) celebrates the wicket of South Africa’s David Bedingham at Newlands, Cape Town, yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
On another day, Mohammed Siraj would have been the undisputed hero for his stellar nine-over burst of six for 15, but Wednesday wasn’t just another day at Newlands.
As many as 23 wickets tumbled on the first day of the second Test, at the end of which India were ahead on points, but not substantially so on a track where it is impossible to feel ‘in’. South Africa, 62 for three in their second dig, need a further 36 to make India bat again, which, on the evidence of what transpired on Day One, can’t be taken for granted.
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