South Africa v India, Centurion

South Africa 335/10 & 258/10

India 307/10 & 151/10

South Africa won by 135 runs

India v South Africa 2018 · 2nd Test SuperSport Park, Centurion 13–17 Jan 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.00× 0%

India

0.77× -23%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Virat Kohli India

158 +329

F du Plessis South Africa

111 +179

AB de Villiers South Africa

100 +120

Rohit Sharma India

57 +103

AK Markram South Africa

95 +102

Best bowling

Top match figures

L Ngidi6/39

Mohammed Shami4/49

M Morkel4/60

R Ashwin4/113

Top score

153

Virat Kohli · India

Biggest stand

141

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–27

3 wkts for 27 · India

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 135 runs

Length5 days

South Africa

335 /10 (113.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c M Vijay b R Ashwin	31	83	4	37.35
AK Markram	c PA Patel b R Ashwin	94	150	15	62.67
HM Amla	run out	82	153	14	53.59
AB de Villiers	b I Sharma	20	48	2	41.67
F du Plessis	b I Sharma	63	142	9	44.37
Q de Kock	c Virat Kohli b R Ashwin	0	1	0	0.00
VD Philander	run out	0	6	0	0.00
KA Maharaj	c PA Patel b Mohammed Shami	18	54	3	33.33
K Rabada	c HH Pandya b I Sharma	11	34	0	32.35
M Morkel	c M Vijay b R Ashwin	6	9	1	66.67
L Ngidi*	not out	1	4	0	25.00

Extras 9 (lb 8, nb 1)

Total 335/10 (113.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	22.0	6	60	0	2.73
Mohammed Shami	15.0	2	58	1	3.87
I Sharma	22.0	4	46	3	2.09
HH Pandya	16.0	4	50	0	3.12
R Ashwin	38.5	10	113	4	2.91

Fall of wickets

1-85 (D Elgar, 29.3)·2-148 (AK Markram, 47.3)·3-199 (AB de Villiers, 62.4)·4-246 (HM Amla, 80.5)·5-250 (Q de Kock, 81.1)·6-251 (VD Philander, 82.6)·7-282 (KA Maharaj, 98.5)·8-324 (K Rabada, 110.3)·9-333 (F du Plessis, 112.4)·10-335 (M Morkel, 113.5)

India

307 /10 (92.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
M Vijay	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	46	126	6	36.51
KL Rahul	c & b M Morkel	10	21	2	47.62
CA Pujara	run out	0	1	0	0.00
Virat Kohli	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	153	217	15	70.51
Rohit Sharma	lbw b K Rabada	10	27	2	37.04
PA Patel	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	19	32	3	59.38
HH Pandya	run out	15	45	2	33.33
R Ashwin	c F du Plessis b VD Philander	38	54	7	70.37
Mohammed Shami	c HM Amla b M Morkel	1	9	0	11.11
I Sharma	c AK Markram b M Morkel	3	20	0	15.00
JJ Bumrah*	not out	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 12 (b 8, lb 1, w 2, nb 1)

Total 307/10 (92.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KA Maharaj	20.0	1	67	1	3.35
M Morkel	22.1	6	60	4	2.71
VD Philander	16.0	3	46	1	2.88
K Rabada	20.0	1	74	1	3.70
L Ngidi	14.0	2	51	1	3.64

Fall of wickets

1-28 (KL Rahul, 9.3)·2-28 (CA Pujara, 9.4)·3-107 (M Vijay, 36.5)·4-132 (Rohit Sharma, 45.5)·5-164 (PA Patel, 53.4)·6-209 (HH Pandya, 67.1)·7-280 (R Ashwin, 81.3)·8-281 (Mohammed Shami, 82.6)·9-306 (I Sharma, 90.4)·10-307 (Virat Kohli, 92.1)

South Africa

258 /10 (91.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	lbw b JJ Bumrah	1	8	0	0	12.50
HM Amla	lbw b JJ Bumrah	1	10	0	0	10.00
D Elgar	c KL Rahul b Mohammed Shami	61	121	8	1	50.41
AB de Villiers	c PA Patel b Mohammed Shami	80	121	10	0	66.12
F du Plessis	c & b JJ Bumrah	48	141	4	0	34.04
Q de Kock	c PA Patel b Mohammed Shami	12	5	3	0	240.00
VD Philander	c M Vijay b I Sharma	26	85	2	0	30.59
KA Maharaj	c PA Patel b I Sharma	6	8	1	0	75.00
K Rabada	c Virat Kohli b Mohammed Shami	4	29	1	0	13.79
M Morkel*	not out	10	11	2	0	90.91
L Ngidi	c M Vijay b R Ashwin	1	10	0	0	10.00

Extras 8 (b 2, lb 5, w 1)

Total 258/10 (91.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Ashwin	29.3	7	78	1	2.64
JJ Bumrah	20.0	3	70	3	3.50
I Sharma	17.0	3	40	2	2.35
Mohammed Shami	16.0	3	49	4	3.06
HH Pandya	9.0	1	14	0	1.56

Fall of wickets

1-1 (AK Markram, 1.2)·2-3 (HM Amla, 5.3)·3-144 (AB de Villiers, 41.1)·4-151 (D Elgar, 45.5)·5-163 (Q de Kock, 47.4)·6-209 (VD Philander, 73.4)·7-215 (KA Maharaj, 75.6)·8-245 (K Rabada, 87.2)·9-245 (F du Plessis, 88.4)·10-258 (L Ngidi, 91.3)

India

151 /10 (50.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
M Vijay	b K Rabada	9	25	1	0	36.00
KL Rahul	c KA Maharaj b L Ngidi	4	29	0	0	13.79
CA Pujara	run out	19	47	2	0	40.43
Virat Kohli	lbw b L Ngidi	5	20	1	0	25.00
PA Patel	c M Morkel b K Rabada	19	49	2	0	38.78
Rohit Sharma	c AB de Villiers b K Rabada	47	74	6	1	63.51
HH Pandya	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	6	12	0	0	50.00
R Ashwin	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	3	6	0	0	50.00
Mohammed Shami	c M Morkel b L Ngidi	28	24	5	0	116.67
I Sharma*	not out	4	10	1	0	40.00
JJ Bumrah	c VD Philander b L Ngidi	2	6	0	0	33.33

Extras 5 (b 4, w 1)

Total 151/10 (50.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	10.0	3	25	0	2.50
K Rabada	14.0	3	47	3	3.36
L Ngidi	12.2	4	39	6	3.16
M Morkel	8.0	3	10	0	1.25
KA Maharaj	6.0	1	26	0	4.33

Fall of wickets

1-11 (M Vijay, 7.5)·2-16 (KL Rahul, 11.1)·3-26 (Virat Kohli, 15.6)·4-49 (CA Pujara, 26.1)·5-65 (PA Patel, 29.5)·6-83 (HH Pandya, 35.3)·7-87 (R Ashwin, 37.1)·8-141 (Rohit Sharma, 47.2)·9-145 (Mohammed Shami, 48.2)·10-151 (JJ Bumrah, 50.2)