India v South Africa, Johannesburg

India 202/10 & 266/10

South Africa 229/10 & 243/3

South Africa won by 7 wickets

India v South Africa 2021 · 2nd Test The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, Johannesburg 3–6 Jan 2022

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it tougher than South Africa.

India

0.74× -26%

South Africa

0.88× -12%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

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

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

D Elgar South Africa

124 +195

R Ashwin India

62 +120

T Bavuma South Africa

74 +116

KD Petersen South Africa

90 +107

GH Vihari India

60 +93

Best bowling

Top match figures

SN Thakur7/61

M Jansen4/31

L Ngidi3/43

K Rabada3/64

Top score

96*

D Elgar · South Africa

Biggest stand

111

3rd wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–29

3 wkts for 29 · India

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 7 wickets

Length4 days

India

202 /10 (63.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KL Rahul	c K Rabada b M Jansen	50	133	9	0	37.59
MA Agarwal	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	26	37	5	0	70.27
CA Pujara	c T Bavuma b D Olivier	3	33	0	0	9.09
AM Rahane	c KD Petersen b D Olivier	0	1	0	0	0.00
GH Vihari	c HE van der Dussen b K Rabada	20	53	3	0	37.74
RR Pant	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	17	43	1	0	39.53
R Ashwin	c KD Petersen b M Jansen	46	50	6	0	92.00
SN Thakur	c KD Petersen b D Olivier	0	5	0	0	0.00
Mohammed Shami	c & b K Rabada	9	12	1	0	75.00
JJ Bumrah*	not out	14	11	2	1	127.27
Mohammed Siraj	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	1	6	0	0	16.67

Extras 16 (b 8, lb 3, nb 5)

Total 202/10 (63.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	17.1	3	64	3	3.73
D Olivier	17.0	1	64	3	3.76
L Ngidi	11.0	4	26	0	2.36
M Jansen	17.0	5	31	4	1.82
KA Maharaj	1.0	0	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-36 (MA Agarwal, 14.1)·2-49 (CA Pujara, 23.3)·3-49 (AM Rahane, 23.4)·4-91 (GH Vihari, 38.4)·5-116 (KL Rahul, 45.5)·6-156 (RR Pant, 53.4)·7-157 (SN Thakur, 54.6)·8-185 (Mohammed Shami, 59.4)·9-187 (R Ashwin, 60.5)·10-202 (Mohammed Siraj, 63.1)

South Africa

229 /10 (79.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c RR Pant b SN Thakur	28	120	4	0	23.33
AK Markram	lbw b Mohammed Shami	7	12	1	0	58.33
KD Petersen	c MA Agarwal b SN Thakur	62	118	9	0	52.54
HE van der Dussen	c RR Pant b SN Thakur	1	17	0	0	5.88
T Bavuma	c RR Pant b SN Thakur	51	60	6	1	85.00
K Verreynne	lbw b SN Thakur	21	72	2	0	29.17
M Jansen	c R Ashwin b SN Thakur	21	34	3	0	61.76
K Rabada	c Mohammed Siraj b Mohammed Shami	0	6	0	0	0.00
KA Maharaj	b JJ Bumrah	21	29	3	0	72.41
D Olivier*	not out	1	12	0	0	8.33
L Ngidi	c RR Pant b SN Thakur	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 4, lb 4, w 5, nb 3)

Total 229/10 (79.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	21.0	5	49	1	2.33
Mohammed Shami	21.0	5	52	2	2.48
Mohammed Siraj	9.5	3	24	0	2.44
SN Thakur	17.5	4	61	7	3.42
R Ashwin	10.0	1	35	0	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-14 (AK Markram, 3.5)·2-88 (D Elgar, 38.5)·3-101 (KD Petersen, 42.6)·4-102 (HE van der Dussen, 44.4)·5-162 (K Verreynne, 64.6)·6-177 (T Bavuma, 66.3)·7-179 (K Rabada, 67.3)·8-217 (KA Maharaj, 75.4)·9-228 (M Jansen, 79.1)·10-229 (L Ngidi, 79.4)

India

266 /10 (60.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KL Rahul	c AK Markram b M Jansen	8	21	1	0	38.10
MA Agarwal	lbw b D Olivier	23	37	5	0	62.16
CA Pujara	lbw b K Rabada	53	86	10	0	61.63
AM Rahane	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	58	78	8	1	74.36
GH Vihari*	not out	40	84	6	0	47.62
RR Pant	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	0	3	0	0	0.00
R Ashwin	c K Verreynne b L Ngidi	16	14	2	0	114.29
SN Thakur	c KA Maharaj b M Jansen	28	24	5	1	116.67
Mohammed Shami	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	0	6	0	0	0.00
JJ Bumrah	c M Jansen b L Ngidi	7	14	0	1	50.00
Mohammed Siraj	b L Ngidi	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 33 (b 16, lb 4, w 5, nb 8)

Total 266/10 (60.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	20.0	3	77	3	3.85
D Olivier	12.0	1	51	1	4.25
L Ngidi	10.1	3	43	3	4.23
M Jansen	17.0	4	67	3	3.94
KA Maharaj	1.0	0	8	0	8.00

Fall of wickets

1-24 (KL Rahul, 6.5)·2-44 (MA Agarwal, 11.4)·3-155 (AM Rahane, 34.6)·4-163 (CA Pujara, 36.7)·5-167 (RR Pant, 38.3)·6-184 (R Ashwin, 43.3)·7-225 (SN Thakur, 49.6)·8-228 (Mohammed Shami, 51.5)·9-245 (JJ Bumrah, 56.2)·10-266 (Mohammed Siraj, 60.1)

South Africa

243 /3 (67.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AK Markram	lbw b SN Thakur	31	38	6	81.58
D Elgar*	not out	96	188	10	51.06
KD Petersen	lbw b R Ashwin	28	44	4	63.64
HE van der Dussen	c CA Pujara b Mohammed Shami	40	92	5	43.48
T Bavuma*	not out	23	45	3	51.11

Extras 25 (b 1, lb 7, w 16, nb 1)

Total 243/3 (67.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	17.0	2	70	0	4.12
Mohammed Shami	17.0	3	55	1	3.24
SN Thakur	16.0	2	47	1	2.94
Mohammed Siraj	6.0	0	37	0	6.17
R Ashwin	11.4	2	26	1	2.23

Fall of wickets

1-47 (AK Markram, 9.6)·2-93 (KD Petersen, 27.2)·3-175 (HE van der Dussen, 53.6)