India v South Africa, Centurion

India 245/10 & 131/10

South Africa 408/9

South Africa won by 32 runs

India v South Africa 2023 · 1st Test SuperSport Park, Centurion, Centurion 26–28 Dec 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it tougher than South Africa.

India

0.76× -24%

South Africa

0.90× -10%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How South Africa's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

D Elgar South Africa

185 +298

KL Rahul India

105 +293

Virat Kohli India

114 +198

M Jansen South Africa

84 +151

DG Bedingham South Africa

56 +78

Best bowling

Top match figures

K Rabada5/59

N Burger4/33

JJ Bumrah4/69

M Jansen3/36

Top score

185

D Elgar · South Africa

Biggest stand

131

4th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–17

3 wkts for 17 · India

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 32 runs

Length3 days

India

245 /10 (67.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	c K Verreynne b N Burger	17	37	4	0	45.95
Rohit Sharma	c N Burger b K Rabada	5	14	1	0	35.71
Shubman Gill	c K Verreynne b N Burger	2	12	0	0	16.67
Virat Kohli	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	38	64	5	0	59.38
SS Iyer	b K Rabada	31	50	3	1	62.00
KL Rahul	b N Burger	101	137	14	4	73.72
R Ashwin	c PWA Mulder b K Rabada	8	11	2	0	72.73
SN Thakur	c D Elgar b K Rabada	24	33	3	0	72.73
JJ Bumrah	b M Jansen	1	19	0	0	5.26
Mohammed Siraj	c K Verreynne b G Coetzee	5	22	0	0	22.73
M Prasidh Krishna*	not out	0	8	0	0	0.00

Extras 13 (b 2, lb 8, w 2, nb 1)

Total 245/10 (67.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	20.0	4	59	5	2.95
M Jansen	16.0	2	52	1	3.25
N Burger	15.4	5	50	3	3.19
G Coetzee	16.0	1	74	1	4.62

Fall of wickets

1-13 (Rohit Sharma, 4.6)·2-23 (YBK Jaiswal, 9.4)·3-24 (Shubman Gill, 11.1)·4-92 (SS Iyer, 26.6)·5-107 (Virat Kohli, 30.6)·6-121 (R Ashwin, 34.6)·7-164 (SN Thakur, 46.2)·8-191 (JJ Bumrah, 54.3)·9-238 (Mohammed Siraj, 65.1)·10-245 (KL Rahul, 67.4)

South Africa

408 /9 (108.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c KL Rahul b Mohammed Siraj	5	17	1	0	29.41
D Elgar	c KL Rahul b SN Thakur	185	287	28	0	64.46
T de Zorzi	c YBK Jaiswal b JJ Bumrah	28	62	5	0	45.16
KD Petersen	b JJ Bumrah	2	7	0	0	28.57
DG Bedingham	b Mohammed Siraj	56	87	7	2	64.37
K Verreynne	c KL Rahul b M Prasidh Krishna	4	7	1	0	57.14
M Jansen*	not out	84	147	11	1	57.14
G Coetzee	c Mohammed Siraj b R Ashwin	19	18	2	1	105.56
K Rabada	b JJ Bumrah	1	9	0	0	11.11
N Burger	b JJ Bumrah	0	20	0	0	0.00

Extras 24 (lb 13, w 2, nb 9)

Total 408/9 (108.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	26.4	5	69	4	2.59
Mohammed Siraj	24.0	1	91	2	3.79
SN Thakur	19.0	2	101	1	5.32
M Prasidh Krishna	20.0	2	93	1	4.65
R Ashwin	19.0	6	41	1	2.16

Fall of wickets

1-11 (AK Markram, 3.6)·2-104 (T de Zorzi, 28.6)·3-113 (KD Petersen, 30.2)·4-244 (DG Bedingham, 60.1)·5-249 (K Verreynne, 61.5)·6-360 (D Elgar, 94.5)·7-391 (G Coetzee, 99.1)·8-392 (K Rabada, 100.5)·9-408 (N Burger, 108.4)

India

131 /10 (34.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	c K Verreynne b N Burger	5	18	1	0	27.78
Rohit Sharma	b K Rabada	0	8	0	0	0.00
Shubman Gill	b M Jansen	26	37	6	0	70.27
Virat Kohli	c K Rabada b M Jansen	76	82	12	1	92.68
SS Iyer	b M Jansen	6	12	1	0	50.00
KL Rahul	c AK Markram b N Burger	4	24	1	0	16.67
R Ashwin	c DG Bedingham b N Burger	0	1	0	0	0.00
SN Thakur	c DG Bedingham b K Rabada	2	8	0	0	25.00
JJ Bumrah	run out (D Elgar)	0	5	0	0	0.00
Mohammed Siraj	c K Verreynne b N Burger	4	5	1	0	80.00
M Prasidh Krishna*	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 8 (lb 2, w 6)

Total 131/10 (34.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	12.0	3	32	2	2.67
N Burger	10.0	3	33	4	3.30
M Jansen	7.1	2	36	3	5.02
G Coetzee	5.0	0	28	0	5.60

Fall of wickets

1-5 (Rohit Sharma, 2.5)·2-13 (YBK Jaiswal, 5.3)·3-52 (Shubman Gill, 13.6)·4-72 (SS Iyer, 17.5)·5-96 (KL Rahul, 25.5)·6-96 (R Ashwin, 25.6)·7-105 (SN Thakur, 28.3)·8-113 (JJ Bumrah, 30.2)·9-121 (Mohammed Siraj, 31.5)·10-131 (Virat Kohli, 34.1)