India v South Africa, Centurion

India 327/10 & 174/10

South Africa 197/10 & 191/10

India won by 113 runs

India v South Africa 2021 · 1st Test SuperSport Park, Centurion, Centurion 26–30 Dec 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it tougher than South Africa.

India

0.79× -21%

South Africa

0.88× -12%

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

KL Rahul India

146 +198

T Bavuma South Africa

87 +126

D Elgar South Africa

78 +91

AM Rahane India

68 +74

MA Agarwal India

64 +71

Best bowling

Top match figures

L Ngidi6/71

Mohammed Shami5/44

K Rabada4/42

M Jansen4/55

Top score

123

KL Rahul · India

Biggest stand

117

1st wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–12

3 wkts for 12 · India

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultIndia won by 113 runs

Length5 days

India

327 /10 (105.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KL Rahul	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	123	260	17	1	47.31
MA Agarwal	lbw b L Ngidi	60	123	9	0	48.78
CA Pujara	c KD Petersen b L Ngidi	0	1	0	0	0.00
Virat Kohli	c PWA Mulder b L Ngidi	35	94	4	0	37.23
AM Rahane	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	48	102	9	0	47.06
RR Pant	c HE van der Dussen b L Ngidi	8	13	1	0	61.54
R Ashwin	c KA Maharaj b K Rabada	4	5	1	0	80.00
SN Thakur	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	4	8	1	0	50.00
Mohammed Shami	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	8	9	2	0	88.89
Mohammed Siraj*	not out	4	12	1	0	33.33
JJ Bumrah	c PWA Mulder b M Jansen	14	17	2	0	82.35

Extras 19 (b 4, lb 4, nb 11)

Total 327/10 (105.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	26.0	5	72	3	2.77
L Ngidi	24.0	5	71	6	2.96
M Jansen	18.3	5	69	1	3.73
PWA Mulder	19.0	4	49	0	2.58
KA Maharaj	18.0	2	58	0	3.22

Fall of wickets

1-117 (MA Agarwal, 40.2)·2-117 (CA Pujara, 40.3)·3-199 (Virat Kohli, 68.2)·4-278 (KL Rahul, 93.8)·5-291 (AM Rahane, 96.4)·6-296 (R Ashwin, 97.4)·7-296 (RR Pant, 98.2)·8-304 (SN Thakur, 99.6)·9-308 (Mohammed Shami, 100.5)·10-327 (JJ Bumrah, 105.3)

South Africa

197 /10 (62.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c RR Pant b JJ Bumrah	1	2	0	0	50.00
AK Markram	b Mohammed Shami	13	34	3	0	38.24
KD Petersen	b Mohammed Shami	15	22	3	0	68.18
HE van der Dussen	c AM Rahane b Mohammed Siraj	3	18	0	0	16.67
T Bavuma	c RR Pant b Mohammed Shami	52	103	10	0	50.49
Q de Kock	b SN Thakur	34	63	3	1	53.97
PWA Mulder	c RR Pant b Mohammed Shami	12	33	2	0	36.36
M Jansen	lbw b SN Thakur	19	42	3	0	45.24
K Rabada	c RR Pant b Mohammed Shami	25	45	3	1	55.56
KA Maharaj	c AM Rahane b JJ Bumrah	12	19	3	0	63.16
L Ngidi*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (lb 4, nb 7)

Total 197/10 (62.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	7.2	3	16	2	2.18
Mohammed Siraj	15.1	4	45	1	2.97
Mohammed Shami	16.0	5	44	5	2.75
SN Thakur	11.0	1	51	2	4.64
R Ashwin	13.0	2	37	0	2.85

Fall of wickets

1-2 (D Elgar, 0.5)·2-25 (KD Petersen, 7.3)·3-30 (AK Markram, 11.5)·4-32 (HE van der Dussen, 12.5)·5-104 (Q de Kock, 34.1)·6-133 (PWA Mulder, 42.6)·7-144 (T Bavuma, 46.4)·8-181 (M Jansen, 56.6)·9-193 (K Rabada, 61.5)·10-197 (KA Maharaj, 62.3)

India

174 /10 (50.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KL Rahul	c D Elgar b L Ngidi	23	74	4	0	31.08
MA Agarwal	c Q de Kock b M Jansen	4	14	1	0	28.57
SN Thakur	c PWA Mulder b K Rabada	10	26	1	1	38.46
CA Pujara	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	16	64	3	0	25.00
Virat Kohli	c Q de Kock b M Jansen	18	32	4	0	56.25
AM Rahane	c HE van der Dussen b M Jansen	20	23	3	1	86.96
RR Pant	c L Ngidi b K Rabada	34	34	6	0	100.00
R Ashwin	c KD Petersen b K Rabada	14	17	2	0	82.35
Mohammed Shami	c PWA Mulder b K Rabada	1	12	0	0	8.33
JJ Bumrah*	not out	7	8	1	0	87.50
Mohammed Siraj	b M Jansen	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 27 (b 17, lb 4, nb 6)

Total 174/10 (50.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	17.0	4	42	4	2.47
L Ngidi	10.0	2	31	2	3.10
M Jansen	13.3	4	55	4	4.07
PWA Mulder	10.0	4	25	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-12 (MA Agarwal, 5.1)·2-34 (SN Thakur, 12.5)·3-54 (KL Rahul, 22.3)·4-79 (Virat Kohli, 32.1)·5-109 (CA Pujara, 37.1)·6-111 (AM Rahane, 38.5)·7-146 (R Ashwin, 45.1)·8-166 (RR Pant, 47.3)·9-169 (Mohammed Shami, 49.2)·10-174 (Mohammed Siraj, 50.3)

South Africa

191 /10 (68.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AK Markram	b Mohammed Shami	1	7	0	14.29
D Elgar	lbw b JJ Bumrah	77	156	12	49.36
KD Petersen	c RR Pant b Mohammed Siraj	17	36	3	47.22
HE van der Dussen	b JJ Bumrah	11	65	1	16.92
KA Maharaj	b JJ Bumrah	8	19	1	42.11
T Bavuma*	not out	35	80	4	43.75
Q de Kock	b Mohammed Siraj	21	28	2	75.00
PWA Mulder	c RR Pant b Mohammed Shami	1	3	0	33.33
M Jansen	c RR Pant b Mohammed Shami	13	14	3	92.86
K Rabada	c Mohammed Shami b R Ashwin	0	4	0	0.00
L Ngidi	c CA Pujara b R Ashwin	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 7 (lb 2, nb 5)

Total 191/10 (68.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	19.0	4	50	3	2.63
Mohammed Shami	17.0	3	63	3	3.71
Mohammed Siraj	18.0	5	47	2	2.61
SN Thakur	5.0	0	11	0	2.20
R Ashwin	9.0	2	18	2	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-1 (AK Markram, 1.3)·2-34 (KD Petersen, 14.1)·3-74 (HE van der Dussen, 36.4)·4-94 (KA Maharaj, 40.5)·5-130 (D Elgar, 50.5)·6-161 (Q de Kock, 59.3)·7-164 (PWA Mulder, 60.2)·8-190 (M Jansen, 66.5)·9-191 (K Rabada, 67.5)·10-191 (L Ngidi, 67.6)