India v South Africa, Johannesburg

India 187/10 & 247/10

South Africa 194/10 & 177/10

India won by 63 runs

India v South Africa 2018 · 3rd Test The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 24–27 Jan 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than South Africa.

India

0.73× -27%

South Africa

1.06× +6%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, India led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

HM Amla South Africa

113 +149

Virat Kohli India

95 +146

D Elgar South Africa

90 +131

B Kumar India

63 +106

CA Pujara India

51 +84

Best bowling

Top match figures

Mohammed Shami5/28

JJ Bumrah5/54

K Rabada3/39

B Kumar3/44

Top score

86*

D Elgar · South Africa

Biggest stand

119

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · South Africa

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultIndia won by 63 runs

Length4 days

India

187 /10 (76.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
M Vijay	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	8	32	1	25.00
KL Rahul	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	0	7	0	0.00
CA Pujara	c Q de Kock b AL Phehlukwayo	50	179	8	27.93
Virat Kohli	c AB de Villiers b L Ngidi	54	106	9	50.94
AM Rahane	lbw b M Morkel	9	27	1	33.33
PA Patel	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	2	22	0	9.09
HH Pandya	c Q de Kock b AL Phehlukwayo	0	5	0	0.00
B Kumar	c AL Phehlukwayo b K Rabada	30	49	4	61.22
Mohammed Shami	c K Rabada b VD Philander	8	16	1	50.00
I Sharma	c F du Plessis b K Rabada	0	12	0	0.00
JJ Bumrah*	not out	0	7	0	0.00

Extras 26 (b 11, lb 7, w 6, nb 2)

Total 187/10 (76.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	17.0	5	47	2	2.76
VD Philander	19.0	10	31	2	1.63
K Rabada	18.4	7	39	3	2.09
L Ngidi	15.0	7	27	1	1.80
AL Phehlukwayo	7.0	1	25	2	3.57

Fall of wickets

1-7 (KL Rahul, 3.1)·2-13 (M Vijay, 8.4)·3-97 (Virat Kohli, 42.4)·4-113 (AM Rahane, 51.4)·5-144 (CA Pujara, 61.3)·6-144 (PA Patel, 62.2)·7-144 (HH Pandya, 63.2)·8-163 (Mohammed Shami, 67.5)·9-166 (I Sharma, 72.1)·10-187 (B Kumar, 76.4)

South Africa

194 /10 (65.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c PA Patel b B Kumar	4	40	0	10.00
AK Markram	c PA Patel b B Kumar	2	8	0	25.00
K Rabada	c AM Rahane b I Sharma	30	84	6	35.71
HM Amla	c HH Pandya b JJ Bumrah	61	121	7	50.41
AB de Villiers	b B Kumar	5	19	0	26.32
F du Plessis	b JJ Bumrah	8	19	1	42.11
Q de Kock	c PA Patel b JJ Bumrah	8	22	1	36.36
VD Philander	c JJ Bumrah b Mohammed Shami	35	55	5	63.64
AL Phehlukwayo	lbw b JJ Bumrah	9	17	2	52.94
M Morkel*	not out	9	8	2	112.50
L Ngidi	c PA Patel b JJ Bumrah	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 23 (lb 14, w 9)

Total 194/10 (65.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Kumar	19.0	9	44	3	2.32
JJ Bumrah	18.5	3	54	5	2.87
I Sharma	14.0	2	33	1	2.36
Mohammed Shami	12.0	0	46	1	3.83
HH Pandya	2.0	0	3	0	1.50

Fall of wickets

1-3 (AK Markram, 2.3)·2-16 (D Elgar, 12.3)·3-80 (K Rabada, 29.6)·4-92 (AB de Villiers, 36.5)·5-107 (F du Plessis, 41.4)·6-125 (Q de Kock, 47.2)·7-169 (HM Amla, 59.5)·8-175 (VD Philander, 62.2)·9-194 (AL Phehlukwayo, 65.3)·10-194 (L Ngidi, 65.5)

India

247 /10 (80.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
M Vijay	b K Rabada	25	127	1	0	19.69
PA Patel	c AK Markram b VD Philander	16	15	3	0	106.67
KL Rahul	c F du Plessis b VD Philander	16	44	2	0	36.36
CA Pujara	c F du Plessis b M Morkel	1	10	0	0	10.00
Virat Kohli	b K Rabada	41	79	6	0	51.90
AM Rahane	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	48	68	6	0	70.59
HH Pandya	c & b K Rabada	4	11	0	0	36.36
B Kumar	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	33	76	2	0	43.42
Mohammed Shami	c AB de Villiers b L Ngidi	27	28	1	2	96.43
I Sharma*	not out	7	16	1	0	43.75
JJ Bumrah	c K Rabada b VD Philander	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 29 (b 5, lb 12, w 12)

Total 247/10 (80.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	21.1	6	61	3	2.88
K Rabada	23.0	5	69	3	3.00
M Morkel	21.0	6	47	3	2.24
L Ngidi	12.0	2	38	1	3.17
AL Phehlukwayo	3.0	0	15	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-17 (PA Patel, 4.6)·2-51 (KL Rahul, 18.6)·3-57 (CA Pujara, 21.7)·4-100 (M Vijay, 40.5)·5-134 (Virat Kohli, 49.2)·6-148 (HH Pandya, 53.1)·7-203 (AM Rahane, 67.3)·8-238 (Mohammed Shami, 74.4)·9-240 (B Kumar, 77.2)·10-247 (JJ Bumrah, 80.1)

South Africa

177 /10 (73.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c PA Patel b Mohammed Shami	4	7	1	0	57.14
D Elgar*	not out	86	240	9	1	35.83
HM Amla	c HH Pandya b I Sharma	52	140	5	0	37.14
AB de Villiers	c AM Rahane b JJ Bumrah	6	13	1	0	46.15
F du Plessis	b I Sharma	2	9	0	0	22.22
Q de Kock	lbw b JJ Bumrah	0	1	0	0	0.00
VD Philander	b Mohammed Shami	10	18	1	0	55.56
AL Phehlukwayo	b Mohammed Shami	0	3	0	0	0.00
K Rabada	c CA Pujara b B Kumar	0	3	0	0	0.00
M Morkel	b Mohammed Shami	0	1	0	0	0.00
L Ngidi	c KD Karthik b Mohammed Shami	4	6	1	0	66.67

Extras 13 (b 7, w 6)

Total 177/10 (73.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Kumar	18.0	4	39	1	2.17
Mohammed Shami	12.3	3	28	5	2.24
JJ Bumrah	21.0	3	57	2	2.71
I Sharma	16.0	3	31	2	1.94
HH Pandya	6.0	1	15	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-5 (AK Markram, 1.6)·2-124 (HM Amla, 52.4)·3-131 (AB de Villiers, 55.6)·4-144 (F du Plessis, 60.6)·5-145 (Q de Kock, 63.1)·6-157 (VD Philander, 67.3)·7-157 (AL Phehlukwayo, 67.6)·8-160 (K Rabada, 68.6)·9-161 (M Morkel, 69.5)·10-177 (L Ngidi, 73.3)